As I am sure Mr. Cole knows, the late Lt. Gen. William Odom (former NSA director), who publicized his opinion of the folly of attacking Iraq at every opportunity, also said this about Iran and nuclear weapons: "You want nukes, have them. You live in a bad neighborhood.’ There’s no single diplomatic move that would so revolutionize our position up there." (From a speech at Brown Univ. in 2006)
He also felt we could have a rapprochement with Iran if we just took the diplomatic effort. That doesn't mean everyone loves each other; but it means they aren't at war or threatening war every day; they can have commerce and talk to each other about disagreements.
I wish I could hear a single voice like his in the power structure today.
While it may not have dominated power supply overall, it is the developing world which gave birth to solar energy. Companies like SELCO and non-profits like SELF (Solar Electric Light Fund) took a large fraction, if not the majority, of the industry's output during the 1980s and 1990s. (Both of those had Indian roots; I wonder if Mr. Modi knows of them.) These worked on a self-sustaining (non-philanthropic) basis even when PV panels cost several dollars per watt.
As I am sure Mr. Cole knows, the late Lt. Gen. William Odom (former NSA director), who publicized his opinion of the folly of attacking Iraq at every opportunity, also said this about Iran and nuclear weapons: "You want nukes, have them. You live in a bad neighborhood.’ There’s no single diplomatic move that would so revolutionize our position up there." (From a speech at Brown Univ. in 2006)
He also felt we could have a rapprochement with Iran if we just took the diplomatic effort. That doesn't mean everyone loves each other; but it means they aren't at war or threatening war every day; they can have commerce and talk to each other about disagreements.
I wish I could hear a single voice like his in the power structure today.
While it may not have dominated power supply overall, it is the developing world which gave birth to solar energy. Companies like SELCO and non-profits like SELF (Solar Electric Light Fund) took a large fraction, if not the majority, of the industry's output during the 1980s and 1990s. (Both of those had Indian roots; I wonder if Mr. Modi knows of them.) These worked on a self-sustaining (non-philanthropic) basis even when PV panels cost several dollars per watt.