What about the gas guzzlers?

Posted Jun 14, 2024 15:27 UTC (Fri) by rschroev (subscriber, #4164)
In reply to: What about the gas guzzlers? by paulj
Parent article: Opt Green: KDE Eco's New Sustainable Software Project

In my experience it's not the greens who are betting on unproven technologies; it's more the people who think we all can carry on without any chance, and technology will save us.

Greens, in my experience, advocate using as few of our resources as possible, and as efficiently as possible.

What about the gas guzzlers?

Posted Jun 14, 2024 16:19 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

Depends which greens.

There was an almighty fuss over the Peace lot and a defunct oilrig, and while I've no doubt the oil company was looking to save money, there was also an extremely good eco argument for what they wanted to do. The Greens' attitude came over as "we don't care why it might be a good idea, you can't do that!"

I've always been extremely wary of them since.

It's like the anti-hunting brigade. Most active conservationists hate them, not because they agree with hunting (they don't), but the hunting brigade are prepared to PAY for conservation, precisely because they want stuff to hunt! They make unlikely bedfellows, but pragmatism pushes hunters and conservationists together.

Cheers,
Wol

What about the gas guzzlers?

Posted Jun 14, 2024 16:25 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

We are getting increasingly off-topic here, perhaps it's time to wind this one down.