>The question isn't so much technology for the moment, but what kind
>of developmental path to follow. I suspect that lots of advocates of
>appropriate technology would like to keep the technological level
>fairly static, and social structures oriented around the very local -
>and those in the First World (where I bet most of them are) wouldn't
>mind seeing several steps taken in the backward direction.
fair enough that we're now in the land of suspicion rather than anything
definite. I have to say that all the windmill people I've ever met haven't
been like this. Most alternative technology people are very keen on the
idea of the First World taking a few steps backward in terms of their use of
manufactured goods, which surely has to be an absolute prerequisite for any
sort of global equality.
>Are all hydropower schemes bad? Do South Asia and Africa need more
>electricity, or is that a bad idea?
Like situation comedies, hydroelectric dams come in good and bad varieties
and also like sitcoms, the good kind is massively outnumbered by the bad.
Assuming that all hydropower schemes are bad is a reasonable heuristic for
folks like us with busy lives who don't have the time to scrutinise the
plans of individual schemes.
dd
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