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posted by martyb on Monday December 07 2015, @12:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the future-looks-bright dept.

India is now generating more than 5 gigawatts of solar power: roughly 90% of that total is from solar power plants, with the other 10% coming from privately mounted rooftop panels. The momentum is likely to build further, with Vinay Rustagi - Managing Director of solar consultancy company Bridge to India - totting up the energy outputs of solar projects presently at various stages of commission at 15.7 GW. Ambitiously, India's central government wants a total of 100 gigawatts of solar generation by 2022, while as of July 2015 the entirety of India's power generation amounts to about 276 gigawatts.


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  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Monday December 07 2015, @01:58AM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Monday December 07 2015, @01:58AM (#272681)

    I love to burst your bubble, buddy...India still has a lot to work on.

    www.liveleak.com/view?i=225_1449322312

    Of course, every country has its pros and cons.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @02:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @02:20AM (#272689)

    Nice work missing the point there dude. Notice the parallel to the Cold War order.

    First World Democracy
    Second World Communist
    Third World Shithole

    Or don't notice because you're a third world shithead now dude.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @02:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @02:40AM (#272702)

      And all this time I thought it was like this:

      Old World = Europe
      New World = N. America
      3rd World = everywhere else

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @04:41AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 07 2015, @04:41AM (#272742)

        It was like this, dumbass.

        1st World = North Atlantic Treaty Organization
        2nd World = Warsaw Pact
        3rd World = unaligned idiots

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 08 2015, @12:19AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 08 2015, @12:19AM (#273119)

          You omitted USA's other alliances [google.com] with Australia & New Zealand, some Southeast Asian countries, and some Middle East countries.
          ...but, since those were modeled on NATO, I'd say you got the nub.

          As for "idiots", a country rejecting Stalinism|Maoism as well as USA's brand of Oligarchic Capitalism (Fascism) and especially neither one's Imperialism might be considered wise.
          A favorite scene from a Cold War era movie. [google.com]

          -- gewg_

    • (Score: 1) by linkdude64 on Monday December 07 2015, @02:48AM

      by linkdude64 (5482) on Monday December 07 2015, @02:48AM (#272710)

      Funny, because I didn't mention anything about democracy, the Cold War, or the completely irrelevant classification of countries into a hierarchy as first, second, or third. In fact I specifically indicated that every nation has its pros and cons. While the US commits acts of barbarism around the globe that would classify it as third world, it also is responsible for a lot of what the rest of the world enjoys today; a "First world" level of contribution, if you will. I was merely entertaining your notion - which was so foolish I mistook it as jest - that generation of electricity is the only metric by which a society should be considered "First Class."

      You're a joke. Feel free to take the closing word.

  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday December 07 2015, @05:38AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Monday December 07 2015, @05:38AM (#272763) Homepage Journal

    I know it is not fashionable here, and I know there are better medicines available (and I mean way way better), but you are assuming cow dung is bad because it is dung, when in reality it actually has a lot of medicinal values. I know, I have seen it up close.