Labeling a massive geographic zone in an underdeveloped, historically exploited area—one which plays a key role in how the climate works—-as useless, and then converting it to an extractive industry…what could go wrong?
replyI’m as optimistic as the next person about energy tech, but I hope it doesn’t turn out like yet more colonialism.
> as useless
replyIt's not useless, it's arid.
> which plays a key role in how the climate works
As does ever other square meter on Earth, and its natural abundant resource could be leveraged to even greater overall good.
> Extractive industry ... like yet more colonialism.
I'm not sure how we got here, or what your actual concern is.
Yeah, it would be terrible to offer the citizens of Chad, Mali, Tunisia, Libya, etc an opportunity to get revenue. Only Western democracies like Norway and Australia are allowed to extract substances!
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