Comment on Clean energy, dirty secrets: Inside the corruption plaguing california’s solar market
SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 1 week agoAgreed that oil and gas are far worse in these aspects.
Let’s not succumb to whataboutism, however. These are still important issues to consider to keep green energy sources ethical and to prevent corporate corruption and greenwashing of these alternative energy sources. This should be worth considering for those interested in green energ , especially for solarpunks practicing prefigurative politics. to prevent these issues in the future.
SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
It’s not whataboutism. It’s getting the priorities straight and not getting distracted by false problems.
What is raised in the article is not specific to renewables. It’s pretty much generalized as soon as you have private interests.
So isolating renewables is improper and demagogic.
SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
The article posted facts and supported findings. These are not “false problems” and are posted for information and discussion, not as a distraction.
The article is specifically about issues pertaining to the industry producing and selling renewables in California, USA. I have no private issues other than the sharing of information and constructive discussions about it. A share is not necessarily an endorsement and will not be received equally by all viewers though we should be able to engage in discussions without making assumptions about other users or unnecesarily pointing fingers.
The focus of this community is green energy and there will be posts that focus on renewables. This post is on topic and posts from others are allowed are always welcome, provided no false information is shared and discussions don’t get combative.
SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Wow. So many empty words. So little time. You use exactly the same fallacies as O&G PR people. So either you are one of them, or you are a useful idiot.
In any case, sharing an article without any comment is an endorsement by default.
And the articles does isolate renewables, as if none of these problems occurred in any other industry. If it is shared by other industries, then it’s a social problem, not a renewables problem and the article is therefore de facto biaised.
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