Comments on: The race to wean the world off fossil fuels has begun

By: derek_robinson

derek_robinson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:13:44 +0000

…or perhaps they would have instead invaded a large country with lots of sunshine – like Iraq!

By: padmanathan

padmanathan — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:11:36 +0000

One wonders what would be achieved if America spent its total expenditure on the Gulf/Oil War on developing alternatives to fossil fuels! Maybe if members of the Bush administration held directorships in the solar panel industry, rather than Halliburton, history would have taken a different course!

By: pkhumalo

pkhumalo — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:31:26 +0000

@Edugalitarianism: too often it seems the developed world wants the developing world to stay just as it is. I am not of course saying that we do not all face this problem as children of the same planet, but telling the poorer nations that they must slow their pace of development, so that they may not exacerbate the environmental problems caused by the West, just come across as patronising, neo-colonial even. Why can’t the developing countries by encouraged to develop so that they have the resources to contribute to a global search for new technologies – of production of energy or adaption to climate change or whatever. Maybe Mr. Vidal could look at this economic scenario as it is one we in the Thirld World believe is an alternative

By: Edugalitarianism

Edugalitarianism — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:15:32 +0000

Some interesting insights, but at what point is someone going to stand up and actually assist the small states, instead of merely talking about the fact that we agree that there is an issue…? It’s time to develop the developing world, and in so doing, give the developed world a chance at a long term future.