Beyond Technology Tribalism
A Call for Humility and Comity in the Clean Tech Debates
Tribalism is the biggest problem
with clean energy debates today. Support for one technology is often
automatically interpreted as opposition to another, and attempts to
grapple with any technology’s challenges are dismissed as trolling.
Getting past this unproductive tribalism will require civil and honest
engagements on the promises and perils of different technological
pathways. Our best shot at transitioning to a low-carbon energy future
is to bet on a broad portfolio of low-carbon technologies. What we need
are not technology-neutral policies but technology-specific policies
that provide support for key energy technologies all the way from
research to demonstration to deployment and commercialization.
February 10, 2015 | Alex Trembath
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