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GliderGuider

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3. I've changed far more than that over the last 5 years.

Reply to kristopher (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 03:04 PM

Jul 2015

Now I view any policy to increase energy consumption instead of reducing it as insane. Or at least totally disconnected from reality.

That's what I'm attacking in these posts - not renewable energy, not nuclear power, but energy-fueled growth and those who promote it. The source of the energy is irrelevant. Even if the windmills were spun by unicorn farts their electricity would still drive planet-destroying growth.

We have grown for far too long. The party is coming to an end, and the hangover is taking a hundred different forms. The only sane option now is outright reduction, starting with energy consumption of all kinds. Anything else is denialism.

We have to start having this conversation, but that's exactly what relentless bullying boosterism like yours prevents.

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How Solar Power Is Transforming India’s Energy Market [View all] kristopher Jul 2015 OP

Has it reduced India's fossil fuel use? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #1

5 years ago you'd have viewed their present goal as insane. kristopher Jul 2015 #2

I've changed far more than that over the last 5 years. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #3

No, you haven't. kristopher Jul 2015 #4

Whatever you think of me is irrelevant. nt GliderGuider Jul 2015 #5