About DenisG

DenisG

Too often Laudatio is antiproportional to the Truth.

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08/23/07

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  Environment

  response to  Futurefarmers's post Solar Power

  Not so good.

  Oh dear, the transparencies of this issue are really rather poor, this one being definitely the worst.

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  Commented on October 15, 2007 by - DenisG

• No Substitute

  Authored by north_runner - 2 votes

• Against "Against Philanthropy"

  Authored by hcc - 2 votes

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  Environment

  response to  GOOD magazine's post Steal This Idea: Better CFL Packaging

  They're simply more convenient

  While I don't know about cost-saving and eco-friendliness, I'm sure that CFL's are way more convenient. They live much longer and I don't have to replace them that often. In particular, they are much more robust against flaky power lines and being bumped. Every time a incandescent bulb is bumped it burns out --- how annoying is that!

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  Commented on September 6, 2007 by - DenisG

• Against Philanthropy

  Authored by Jenny Price and Justin Gabbard - 11 votes

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  Business & Money

  response to  Jenny Price and Justin Gabbard's post Against Philanthropy

  Stop giving them fishes, after all!

  Sadly, you completely missed the point. While it is true that you must watch closely to whom you give, it is at least as important to consider what you give, and whether it's really such a good idea at all.
  A flood of donated second-hand clothes from the first world practically killed off Africa's textile industry, and its peasants are starving because of free food from the United Nations—who can compete with free goods?
  Not only that, but people are being entangled into a dangerous dependency. If their own industry is kept low and their markets non-competitive, they are dependent on a steady flow of aid. This not only applies to food and clothing. Developed nations provide third-world countries with roads, water supply and medical infrastructure for free, but when the aid dries off the infrastructure will collapse because no-one can provide upkeep and maintenance.
  Aid organizations often boast about the jobs they create. But what good are those jobs if they are paid by charity alone? Even worse yet, these jobs keep invaluable skilled workers from entering the local job market, where they could help close the divide between developed and third-world countries.

  I'm not proposing not to help at all—of course not. But helping people is much more difficult than simply throwing food, money and power plants at them. Such measures mainly help aid organizations and their affiliates.
  Build infrastructure, but make them pay fees. Help them to fight corruption, so that their taxes are put to good use. Educate people. Provide troops to put an end to violence, so that the country can start to rebuild itself. They always say "teach a man to fish."

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  Commented on August 23, 2007 by - DenisG