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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. I got this one out of the library. So far it's a telling read...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:23 AM

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...reflecting on how smug clueless Westerners like to export environmental tragedy and dump it on poor people.

Being what many in the West (and China) define as "green" is no such thing. It's unsustainable economic Imperialism writ large.

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Nature Review: The Dark Side of "Green" Technology. [View all] NNadir Feb 11 OP

I got this one out of the library. So far it's a telling read... NNadir Friday #1

Storing energy uses some energy. That's an engineering and economic problem. thought crime Saturday #2