tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post6421856662039007548..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Bali Story on DKosMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-13756457904188583802007-12-19T06:34:00.000-08:002007-12-19T06:34:00.000-08:00It's an analogy, dude; try to engage your higher b...It's an analogy, dude; try to engage your higher brain functions to understand the point being made before going off and arguing about something beside the point. <BR/><BR/>We are shoveling away our own future bucket by bucket. The main differences between what they did and what we do is that our impacts are less local. Oh, that, and we have much bigger buckets.<BR/><BR/>As for "vastly premature" concerns about "a little" CO2, I wonder what planet you are reporting from. Do you suppose you might be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question" REL="nofollow">begging the question</A> a little bit?Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-49545609513273525632007-12-18T22:25:00.000-08:002007-12-18T22:25:00.000-08:00Typical emotional greenie tripe."In talking their ...Typical emotional greenie tripe.<BR/><BR/>"In talking their talk and making their deals about the future of our entire planet, is it too much to hope, too naive to ask that the delegates keep the experience of Candi Dasa in mind?"<BR/><BR/>Sure. The lesson is obvious: if you're going to develop, due it with a lot more investment so you can afford some expensive environmental impact consultants. Let's face it, if Candi Dasa had been developed by leading western resort developers, the place would still have a beach, but it would also be consuming megawatts of coal-fired electricity. <BR/><BR/>Doing things the first-world-way means doing it properly and using a lot of energy in the process. Let's not jeopardize that with vastly premature concerns about a little bit of CO2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-5174835339623814242007-12-10T00:07:00.000-08:002007-12-10T00:07:00.000-08:00Link should be A Tale of Myopia from BaliLink should be <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/9/205120/522" REL="nofollow">A Tale of Myopia from Bali</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com