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Re:India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green by robattila128 on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:04PM (#14474790)
After watching this talk show with Alex Epstein I've realized the word 'green' is largely bs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw-1ohbRDrE

Green doesn't automatically mean better, and dirty does not mean coal and fossil fuels. It is how the technology is used. He argues alternative energy leads to deforestation, destruction of habitats, and deaths from vegetable oil which otherwise could be used to prevent some starvation.If you accept these things then alternative energy becomes extremely selfish by putting the burden out of your cities.

It's a good interview I hope you guys check it out.

Re:India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green by matt4077 on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:19AM (#14474988)
All methods of power generation involve trade-offs. But this is rather transparent attempt to muddy the waters. Just one short point because this idiot doesn't deserve more: Hunger isn't a problem of production. We produce enough calories to feed the world twice. It's a problem of distribution, infrastructure, and economics.
Re:India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green by XorNot on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:26AM (#14475008)
Alex Epstein --> Wikipedia, Career: 1. Ayn Rand Institute.

Yeah thanks I'll pass.