tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869193.post4868852205986276726..comments2024-01-07T20:25:38.023-06:00Comments on Strange in San Antonio: Inheriting the mantle of solar leadershipAlbatrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869193.post-71790715804730525492011-12-08T18:35:32.661-06:002011-12-08T18:35:32.661-06:00Same here, Mick.Same here, Mick.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869193.post-13543357774668264862011-12-08T14:09:04.793-06:002011-12-08T14:09:04.793-06:00Neither this story, nor the one you link look like...Neither this story, nor the one you link look like fear tactics to me.<br /><br />Regarding the link, just because a number is approximate, doesn't mean it's inaccurate. The estimates become more precise with more info, but that doesn't make any part of it "made up".<br /><br />Thanks for the civil conversation. It gives me faith in my fellow man when we can actually discuss things.micknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869193.post-1397050811616119542011-12-07T23:43:05.951-06:002011-12-07T23:43:05.951-06:00I was meaning to lightly denigrate the "green...I was meaning to lightly denigrate the "green" movement in general for advocating policies that are expensive and that restrict people's freedom to make choices, often using fear tactics and <a href="http://strangesanantonio.blogspot.com/2011/04/calling-b.html" rel="nofollow">made-up statistics</a>. Solar power just happens to be one aspect of "green" efforts, and this story was too good for me to pass up without pointing at it.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I do believe that solar power is practical in certain applications. Such as on orbiting space craft. But it is wildly impractical as a means of powering entire cities on the planet Earth, and anyone who thinks we can do just that (and do it cheaper and with less impact on the environment than conventional technologies) is a bit out there. And probably advocates for kings in prison in Hawaii.<br /><br />But that's just my opinion. Yours probably differs.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869193.post-17984729733812683262011-12-07T18:46:08.918-06:002011-12-07T18:46:08.918-06:00Interesting local story. I was with you right up ...Interesting local story. I was with you right up until the end where you ask if future solar advocates will be insane or if they always have been. Way to damn a whole group of people based on one guy's ramblings.micknoreply@blogger.com