(I realize this question perhaps unfairly implies you cared about my particular frame in which I asked the question)
Sure, but more importantly, what you asked was this:
In 20 years if everything on LW went exactly the way you think is ideal, what are the good things that would have happened along the way, and how would we know that we made the right call?
[emphasis mine]
Producing energy by burning coal is hardly ideal. As you say upthread, it’s well and good to be realistic about what can be accomplished and how it can be accomplished, but we shouldn’t lose track of what our goals (i.e., our ideals) actually are.
I’m not too worried about the conversation continuing in the manner is has, but I’m pretty sure I’ve now covered everything I had to say before actually drilling down into the details.
Sure, but more importantly, what you asked was this:
[emphasis mine]
Producing energy by burning coal is hardly ideal. As you say upthread, it’s well and good to be realistic about what can be accomplished and how it can be accomplished, but we shouldn’t lose track of what our goals (i.e., our ideals) actually are.
Okay, coolio.
I’m not too worried about the conversation continuing in the manner is has, but I’m pretty sure I’ve now covered everything I had to say before actually drilling down into the details.