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Why I’ll get arrested to stop the burning of coal : Comments

By Bill McKibben, published 27/2/2009

The only hope of making the kind of change required is to really stick in people’s minds a simple idea: coal is bad.

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This is a really pointless article as it proposes no alternatives to the burning of coal, even though energy efficiency, renewables and nuclear energy are highly viable options. The article reminds me of the thoughtless diatribes written over the years against native forest logging and against a reintroduction of Aboriginal burning practices in our forest and bushland. Today, in south west WA, we have virtually no logging and the forest is dying through benign neglect. In Victoria, opposition to prescribed burning has cost 200+ lives and 3000+ homes.
The McKibben article is, at best, shallow; at worst, it's irrelevant.
Posted by Bernie Masters, Monday, 2 March 2009 2:57:37 PM
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I hope you didn't catch a chill in that unseasonable snowstorm while you were protesting global warming.
Posted by Clownfish, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 2:27:14 PM
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