Comments on: US Asks World Bank To Stop Funding Coal-Fired Power Plants In Developing Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/25/us-asks-world-bank-to-stop-funding-coal-fired-power-plants-in-developing-countries/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: northernplastics http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/25/us-asks-world-bank-to-stop-funding-coal-fired-power-plants-in-developing-countries/#comment-8701 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:12:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4547#comment-8701 Exactly. It is not only unrealistic to expect developing countries to adopt more expensive forms of energy, but it is also offensively ignorant to presume to tell developing countries they can’t have access to a form of cheap energy that will spur economic development and better the lives of those who do not know that wealth that America experiences.

Though coal is an environmentally harmful form of energy, it may prove to be the catalyst that helps some developing countries gain enough capital to transition to renewable sources in the future. But time will tell. Either way, this US official can hardly take the moral high ground on the issue.

Cheers from an educated climate skeptic! Though I disagree with this site’s support of anthropogenic climate change, I find that this site often provides cutting-edge and interesting articles about the future of renewable energies and the like (my field of study)!

]]> By: northernplastics http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/25/us-asks-world-bank-to-stop-funding-coal-fired-power-plants-in-developing-countries/#comment-25947 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4547#comment-25947 Exactly. It is not only unrealistic to expect developing countries to adopt more expensive forms of energy, but it is also offensively ignorant to presume to tell developing countries they can’t have access to a form of cheap energy that will spur economic development and better the lives of those who do not know that wealth that America experiences.

Though coal is an environmentally harmful form of energy, it may prove to be the catalyst that helps some developing countries gain enough capital to transition to renewable sources in the future. But time will tell. Either way, this US official can hardly take the moral high ground on the issue.

Cheers from an educated climate skeptic! Though I disagree with this site’s support of anthropogenic climate change, I find that this site often provides cutting-edge and interesting articles about the future of renewable energies and the like (my field of study)!

]]>