http://www.terrarossa.com/energy-debate-watch-20/ Where Conservatives Consider a New Energy Future Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.terrarossa.com/energy-debate-watch-20/#comment-5448 Fabio Turel Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:40:55 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/?p=194#comment-5448 I am somehow fascinated by the "environmentalists vs. aesthetes" issue outlined in the WSJ article. Let's look at it from another perspective: concrete blocks are a terrible "aesthetic vs security" trade-off... but they are acceptable. I suspect that it all boils down to the priority you give to different risks: the fear of being blown up by terrorists is more immediate (and outraging) than the distant threat posed by climate change. Nobody would care about aesthetics when trying to avoid a direct threat! I am somehow fascinated by the “environmentalists vs. aesthetes” issue outlined in the WSJ article. Let’s look at it from another perspective: concrete blocks are a terrible “aesthetic vs security” trade-off… but they are acceptable. I suspect that it all boils down to the priority you give to different risks: the fear of being blown up by terrorists is more immediate (and outraging) than the distant threat posed by climate change. Nobody would care about aesthetics when trying to avoid a direct threat!

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