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  what works?

  In the face of such blatant disregard for facts?On Nuclear proponents are, like, totally John Galt posted 1 year ago 43 Responses

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  correction in last two posts;

   anthropocentric. ok?On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

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  yes it is anthropometric...

  ...because it is a problem created by humans.On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

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  the point is...

  ...the environment, in which humans have a large part to play. Although we are not the only species on the planet we are the most destructive one and its precisely this anthropometric destruction that we are focusing on curbing. That sentence is indeed important to the argument because it represents the attitude of a very large number of the polluting population. to deal with it, we have to acknowledge it first- unfortunately most people do not have the far sight to see, like you do, that whether or not they should buy a car has a huge impact on the planet. These people cannot be ignored and the reasons that they do the things they do have to be addressed if the situation is to be addressed. the second part of the sentence pertaining to people who already follow a car dependant lifestyle, is also very pertinent, because it is just the marketing of this image, and just such a precedent of "safety" and "comfort" that urges all these "indians" to act as they might.On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

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  no question.

  As is usually the case in India - "development" and sustainability could not be more pitted against each other. On the on hand we cannot deny millions of people the safety and comfort of what most people in developed nations take for granted. we must agree that a small enclosed car even without "standard" safety features is safer to carry a family of four, than a two wheeled scooty.
  On the other hand this will most definitely increase emissions disastrously. There arent any details about the kind of fuels that the car supports and the fuel efficiency with alternative fuels.
  but look closer....the car is most certainly going to need more fuel that a scooter...fuel is not getting any cheaper in india either; so maybe they'll use CNG- very abundant. However, Zooming out some more . . . How is Tata turning out these cars so cheap? even missing a lot of features, theres a fair amount of externalization going on here. Who is paying for these cars?
  (for a simplified explanation of externalized costs go here; www.storyofstuff.com)

  The car is symbolic like most cheap consumer toys of economic oppression at on level, and greedy pockets on another.

  and oh- about population, i think its a basic enough observation, that population explodes in places with a high level of poverty and hence low levels of health, awareness, and CHOICE! keeping a large section of the worlds population in such a state is only going to worsen the problem, unless we want to start culling humans like rabbits and kangaroo.On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses