[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 11, Issue 13

[Sacie Lambertson]

Nicely, diplomatically expressed Keith.

Sacie

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Keith Winston <keith at earthsunenergy.com>wrote:

>
> *.... You say "do some homework", but I can't figure out the homework to
> do? There's no there there.
>
> One of the prominent features of humans is our ability to lie, including
> (and perhaps especially) to ourselves. One of the major advances/results of
> the development of science was to try to  provide a means for detecting and
> controlling our fabrications and exaggerations... even when we believe them.
> Our scientific understanding is always limited, so maybe this device is
> pushing the frontier, and it does something that we don't understand and
> can't properly explain. But that's not what I see: instead I see
> science-like mumbo-jumbo that is self-contradictory and meaningless. Which
> speaks to me of purposeful misleading. No independent testing, no
> peer-reviewed articles... Not even an honest "we don't understand how the
> hell this thing works, but it's amazing" (hint: that probably doesn't sell
> too many doo-hickeys).* *
>
> The green technology field is full of hand-waving empty promises, and  they
> can severely undermine the confidence people have in new technologies.* *
> ....
>
> Keith
>
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