tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029569143393348400.post4820331220946144757..comments2023-05-15T15:23:34.307+03:30Comments on Persian Paradox: Deliberations in DelhiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029569143393348400.post-75738425199811368542008-02-21T13:07:00.000+03:302008-02-21T13:07:00.000+03:30Dear Dr. Ebtekar,As I've expressed before, we Iran...Dear Dr. Ebtekar,<BR/>As I've expressed before, we Iranians everywhere around the world, are proud of your dedication and service to the Environmental cause, and we are especially proud that Iran's advocate in this "War on Global Warming" happens to be a woman! <BR/><BR/>But please allow me to share my thoughts with you about two of your speeches I have heard about so far, the one in Delhi which you talked about here, and the one at Brisbane 2 years ago.<BR/><BR/>With all due respect doctor, I must say the following, and I hope you will take it as a genuinely well-intentioned and potentially constructive criticism:<BR/><BR/>What I have noticed is that your approach to this REAL problem which has technical, experimental and scientific solutions, is very typically Iranian, by which I mean, too philosophical!<BR/><BR/>It's nice that you like to link everything to religion and spirituality, that you enjoy bringing depth and poetry to your analysis of the problem, and you tend to offer esoteric and mystical commentary about this REAL and present danger to our planet, but ... <BR/><BR/>But if I may point out to you humbly and sincerely? <BR/>What is needed, and in fact what can put Iran in quite a ripe and advantageous position globally, is actually "practical work" in the experiential world of "Science and Technology", as opposed to "philosophical words"!<BR/><BR/>It is Iran's involvement in cutting-edge scientific research and technological development, that on the international stage, can bring us to the forefront of the "Problem-Solving" table!<BR/><BR/><BR/>I know you went to an engineering school for your undergrad (so did I), and I hope you might take the words of a fellow engineer seriously, when I say this:<BR/><BR/>There are technologies available today, in which Iran can invest easily and on a grand scale, hence become a serious contributor to "Sustainable Development of the World"! <BR/><BR/>Considering the vast deserts of Kavir and Lut, and the abundance of access to solar and wind energies in these areas, Iran can not only sustain its own development using these renewable sources, but it can even become an exporter of solar-generated and/or wind-generated electricity to its neighboring countries.<BR/><BR/>Just imagine how Iran's leadership in implementing huge industrial-scale new technologies in the fields of Solar and Wind, could help change the language from "security threat" and "nuclear technology", to the language of "saving the planet" and "renewable energy"!<BR/><BR/>Just think of the political implications for Iran, if not the actual benefits to the Environment!!! <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, if the IRI establishment is still allowing you - a prominent Reformist - to continue leading this important policy, then why not take maximum use of this freedom and privilege they have given you? <BR/><BR/>Through bipartisan or multipartisan collaborations with other like-minded rational and pragmatic politicians and parliamentarians, you can help start an investment program of developing industrial-scale vast solar-panel fields in Kavir and Lut, and in the process, you will have undermined the rather risky projects and controversial initiatives of the current administration in Iran.<BR/> <BR/>In a decade or so from now, you can single-handedly bring political power and legitimacy back to the reformists!!! <BR/>How? <BR/>Well, if you (Khatami's former VP) actually spend the next 9-10 years, furthering the cause of "Technological Independence" in a direction that is obviously "peaceful", then by the end of Dr. Haddad-Adel's two-term presidency in 2017, you will be in the best position to run as Iran's first female president!!!!<BR/><BR/>btw, are you involved in this conference today (February 20)?<BR/> http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=43972§ionid=351020105<BR/><BR/>Thank you for reading my LONG comments, at least I hope you have!!!<BR/>:-)<BR/>I have many more ideas I would love to share with you, please provide a "Contact Us" tab on this webpage so that I can send you my word documents detailing these ideas and projects.<BR/>Regards,<BR/>An AdmirerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com