tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post6638526822063202187..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Drill, baby, drill. Who the frack cares!Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-42508955331026561382015-06-08T08:59:46.299-07:002015-06-08T08:59:46.299-07:00You folks will be interested in this essay in the ...You folks will be interested in this essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education:<br />http://t.co/3IkduW1Pe2<br />"We have entered an age of willful ignorance."Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-89966591823773598552015-06-06T22:08:26.827-07:002015-06-06T22:08:26.827-07:00The post that I just blogged is a follow-up ... th...The post that I just blogged is a follow-up ... though, I had not planned on it that way when I blogged about fracking/EPA.<br /><br />And, yes, we are not fighting coal enough. As I note in the latest post, fighting coal should be like JFK's commitment on a mission to the moon. Actually, it should be more important than that. But, not as in divesting from coal and other such cheap publicity stunts.<br /><br />Yes, I have heard one too many statements that fracking NG is better than coal. More than anything else, such a short-sighted approach takes the focus away from the urgency for developing alternatives to carbon in any form. And I am not even an environmental nutcase to think this way!<br /><br />Finally, unlike you two, I don't blame Twitter and other tech. I use Twitter, a lot. It is a tool. It depends on how we use the tool. It then means that we people are screwed up--on (mis)using Twitter and (mis)using resources :(Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-40608711429214436452015-06-06T14:42:19.857-07:002015-06-06T14:42:19.857-07:00Agreed! Places like Twitter are willing to assist ...Agreed! Places like Twitter are willing to assist people with short attention spans(an earned stereotype of Americans) and it does nothing to help deepen understanding of the issues at hand. It cheapens the impact of these kinds of issues when it only takes a minute to read the post.<br /><br />On the topic of fracking and coal, I always find it laughable when the pro-frack argument is "coal is worse than fracking". Coal is an awful source of energy due to its environmental costs, but there are so many fossil fuels that become available due to fracking that in the long run, fracking is far worse. I was once discussing the issue with an environmentalist, and he told me that "as soon as fracking becomes widespread, the fight against climate change is over".<br /><br />Mind you, this anti-fracking, pro-environment rant is coming from a Republican, so you know it must be a big deal!Mike Hothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-53330145771645290462015-06-05T19:44:33.698-07:002015-06-05T19:44:33.698-07:00Commenting on a side issues that was triggered by ...Commenting on a side issues that was triggered by your post. The fault is all of that blasted Twitter (and the television sound bites that preceded it). Everybody is now addicted to news in 140 (or whatever that number is) characters. That's why you get stupid headlines like the ones you quoted.<br /><br />Avoid Twitter like the plague. read a sensible full article (like this blog post). Understand all sides of the argument. Appreciate the nuances. Then form your views. <br /><br />By the way, what is your argument against the administration preferring a not pristine, but better than alternative option of natural gas ? Is it that they are not fighting coal vigorously enough?? You can hardly fault this administrations failure to put climate change on the agenda. The problem is all Americans, where a majority do not want any action on climate change. That is the real issue.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com