Originally Posted by dynosor  Alex, I am all for the development of improved technologies - I am in that business myself. However, before I spend YOUR money to solve a problem I consider to be important enough to solve, I think you have the right to all least know what the problem is and what my proposed solution will be.
I don’t expect you to give me a blank check up front because I know best what needs doing. My problem is that the politicians pushing GW want us to trust them to do whatever they want without full disclosure, especially any kind of cost benefit analysis.
Before solving a problem you first have to define it properly. I have a problem with people who use "pollution" and CO2 interchangeably. I am all for you implementing or developing efficient & effective strategies at preserving your clean air. If I am contributing to your lack of clean air, then I need to be involved in bringing your solution. That is, if you truly face a pollution problem. If the problem is defined as too much CO2, then I will fight you all the way.
I don't want to force you to leave home. My statement about you moving is an effort to establish if you truly have an air pollution problem - an oil refinery would qualify. Then the question is if the refinery was operating when you moved there, or if was built after you arrived...
In other words, how much control do you have over the air quality you breath by the choices you make and have made? Are you truly soliciting help to solve a real problem facing mankind or is it local to your neighborhood, or Brunei. If it is local to Brunei, I am willing to help if I can. Just don't expect a blank check. |
Dynosor,
I really don't have a problem with current technologies such as oil refineries and such as long as we do our part (or some scientists and researchers I should say) in finding new ways to improve on what we have currently. As what XYZdonna said, looking towards getting hydrogen as the fuel source would be the best and this does not mean the by-product of oil which hydrogen is currently obtained from but the production of this clean fuel from some means. I will leave the task to some experts that I am sure are working hard as we speak to develop it. And if they get rich in the process, so be it, they deserve it. Whether the money comes from you or the general public to do so I don't know. But I am sure there are groups of experts probably doing this via grants from NGOs rather than the government.
But I can understand your situation, with politician you can't be so sure where your money will end up. And its probably a good thing that other governments are involved as well to tackle this issue.