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Again, gross ignorance about India and its people. This is probably modern day version of imperialist "Indians are ignorant heathens we need to show them the li

by tn13 10y ago

Again, gross ignorance about India and its people. This is probably modern day version of imperialist "Indians are ignorant heathens we need to show them the light". Indians actually don't care about climate change and global warming and will not care for a long time to come. This is an exclusively first world problem.

gamblor956 10y ago
Literally none of silverstorm's suggestions relate to climate change and all directly bear upon the "people [already] dying of polluted air", which it seems is very much India's problem. The climate change benefits are merely second-order side effects of dealing with the immediate problems.
Jemmeh 10y ago
I get where you're coming from, because people are dying RIGHT NOW but the fixes for "right now" and "future times" can be the same solution. Scrubbers for example would make things cleaner pretty much immediately (not perfect, but better), and of course long term as well. It doesn't necessarily have to be one or the other. I'm by no means an expert, but I don't think climate change is only a first world problem. For example, my mom's country is the Philippines, and it's one of the hottest places on the planet. It's also extremely poor, and when I visited ~12 years ago, many places did not have electricity, or air conditioning. As temperatures rise, being such a hot place it starts to get too dangerous to go outside. It makes it hard to do farm work. People get sick from the heat.
jogjayr 10y ago
> Indians actually don't care about climate change and global warming and will not care for a long time to come. Granted I only visit India about once a year but that was not the impression I got at all. Climate change is discussed in the media (English and non-English). India is already suffering from many of the effects; heat waves, drought and water shortages and much of the general public and leadership seemingly agree on the cause. I was actually pleasantly surprised how seriously it's taken there compared to the US.
- tn13 10y ago
  Climate change is not a political issue in India. American government and organizations are pumping a lot of money into India over climate related issues. Clearly as a result of that you will see ivory tower intellectuals writing in op-eds. Indian public policy however does not see climate change as an issue unless it is about stopping some project for political or financial gains.

by tn13 10y ago

gamblor956 10y ago

Literally none of silverstorm's suggestions relate to climate change and all directly bear upon the "people [already] dying of polluted air", which it seems is very much India's problem. The climate change benefits are merely second-order side effects of dealing with the immediate problems.

Jemmeh 10y ago

I get where you're coming from, because people are dying RIGHT NOW but the fixes for "right now" and "future times" can be the same solution. Scrubbers for example would make things cleaner pretty much immediately (not perfect, but better), and of course long term as well. It doesn't necessarily have to be one or the other. I'm by no means an expert, but I don't think climate change is only a first world problem. For example, my mom's country is the Philippines, and it's one of the hottest places on the planet. It's also extremely poor, and when I visited ~12 years ago, many places did not have electricity, or air conditioning. As temperatures rise, being such a hot place it starts to get too dangerous to go outside. It makes it hard to do farm work. People get sick from the heat.

jogjayr 10y ago

> Indians actually don't care about climate change and global warming and will not care for a long time to come. Granted I only visit India about once a year but that was not the impression I got at all. Climate change is discussed in the media (English and non-English). India is already suffering from many of the effects; heat waves, drought and water shortages and much of the general public and leadership seemingly agree on the cause. I was actually pleasantly surprised how seriously it's taken there compared to the US.

tn13 10y ago
Climate change is not a political issue in India. American government and organizations are pumping a lot of money into India over climate related issues. Clearly as a result of that you will see ivory tower intellectuals writing in op-eds. Indian public policy however does not see climate change as an issue unless it is about stopping some project for political or financial gains.