The idea that we must choose between old dirty technologies and expensive new ones is, at its core, a very negative view of American ingenuity. It’s a scared child view: don’t make me do my homework, I might fail. Why not challenge ourselves to meeting the highest possible environmental standards AND keep it inexpensive. We could do it.
Here are people who are doing it, and leaving us behind in the dirty dust…
The idea that we must choose between old dirty technologies and expensive new ones is, at its core, a very negative view of American ingenuity. It’s a scared child view: don’t make me do my homework, I might fail. Why not challenge ourselves to meeting the highest possible environmental standards AND keep it inexpensive. We could do it.
Here are people who are doing it, and leaving us behind in the dirty dust…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/science/earth/11fossil.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss