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> I don't mind things like huge cooling towers or massive dams. ^That’s not “cherry picking.“ They are saying the two things that they would not mind seeing in

> I don't mind things like huge cooling towers or massive dams. ^That’s not “cherry picking.“ They are saying the two things that they would not mind seeing in the distance. It is reasonable to assume that it was not an omission to avoid hurting their point, but rather that coal power smoke stacks are not on list. It strikes me as the much more obvious reading. “Of the things you listed, these two don’t really bother me.”

hinkley 1y ago
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- squigz 1y ago
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    - tomhow 1y ago
      We need you to avoid perpetuating or escalating flamewars on HN. Energy/climate topics are among the most predictable flamebait topics, and as a longtime user we need to see you being circumspect and making your contributions de-escalatory rather than escalatory. We've had to ask you several times before respect the site's guidelines and purpose. Please try harder.
  - tomhow 1y ago
    > This is a truly bizarre comment chain. > And since you're so keen on pointing out that this is public: you don't come off looking very great. Might wanna work on that. Please edit out personal swipes from comments on HN. The guidelines ask us all to aim for better than this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - squigz 1y ago
      I'm the one who gets warned? It gets even more bizarre!
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  You and I can disagree about interpretation all day long but there’s no misinterpreting your incredibly condescending tone. Have a good rest of your Sunday man.
  - hinkley 1y ago
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    - Forgeties79 1y ago
      Call it what you want, either way it was rude and unnecessary. As for your point: If that’s what he’s doing then he’s doing a piss poor job because several of us clearly heard an implied “but not coal fire plant smoke stacks” while he said infrastructure for renewables on the skyline can be pretty.

hinkley 1y ago

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squigz 1y ago
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- hinkley 1y ago
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  - tomhow 1y ago
    We need you to avoid perpetuating or escalating flamewars on HN. Energy/climate topics are among the most predictable flamebait topics, and as a longtime user we need to see you being circumspect and making your contributions de-escalatory rather than escalatory. We've had to ask you several times before respect the site's guidelines and purpose. Please try harder.
- tomhow 1y ago
  > This is a truly bizarre comment chain. > And since you're so keen on pointing out that this is public: you don't come off looking very great. Might wanna work on that. Please edit out personal swipes from comments on HN. The guidelines ask us all to aim for better than this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - squigz 1y ago
    I'm the one who gets warned? It gets even more bizarre!
Forgeties79 1y ago
You and I can disagree about interpretation all day long but there’s no misinterpreting your incredibly condescending tone. Have a good rest of your Sunday man.
- hinkley 1y ago
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  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    Call it what you want, either way it was rude and unnecessary. As for your point: If that’s what he’s doing then he’s doing a piss poor job because several of us clearly heard an implied “but not coal fire plant smoke stacks” while he said infrastructure for renewables on the skyline can be pretty.