[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] solar power for all our gadgets

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 24 March 2009 15:16:31 David Brodbeck wrote:
> Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
> > Kind of funny to read this article about how some environmental groups
> > are trying to stop solar panels from going up in the Mojave desert,
> > especially since someone a few weeks ago mentioned sarcastically that
> > environmental groups would try hard to find something they don't like
> > about solar farms. No nuclear farms, no solar farms, no coal burning...I
> > wish they'd give us an answer they do like other than going back to the
> > stone ages.
>
> To be fair, when you talk about "environmentalists" you're talking about
> a bunch of groups with a bunch of different agendas.  It's not like
> there's one group ruling out all these things.  Some environmental
> groups like nuclear, some oppose it; some like hydroelectric power, some
> work to get dams removed; etc.  Some groups have very narrow agendas.
>
> Saying "environmentalists want X" is a bit like saying "MythTV users
> want X."  You can find areas of common ground but there are also large
> areas of disagreement.  (Hah, brought it back on topic!)

True. It's interesting to watch this list and see what is important to people. 
Some things that seem to be of great import to some mean nothing to others.

Some of the things are regional (not too much interest in commercial skipping 
in the UK for example), but more seem to be individual.

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