Thank God. At last our PM could manage to muster the GUTS and put his foot firm on the ground. He should have shown his mind of this calibre from the day one.
RE:MM Singh, PM of India
by thodur madabusi srinivasan on Jun 20, 2008 06:56 AM Permalink
MAKE LALLU PRASAD AS PRIME MINISTER FOR THE BALACE PERIOD, INDIA WILL NOT ONLY SHINE BUT GLITTER.....
Well all that I know is that we are severly short of power and we need some solution quickly. What are our other options if we say no to the Nuclear deal?
Me PM please have the guts to take atleast one decision yourself and overriding auntyji. You anyway have to go, then why not go gracefully?
RE:Let's face the truth
by Amit Ketkar on Jun 20, 2008 06:53 AM Permalink
A possible alternative is to use solar energy. India has a huge potential, a one time investment will go a long way in securing cheap energy for the future.
RE:Let's face the truth
by Sameer on Jun 20, 2008 07:02 AM Permalink
Put up solar plants in Thar desert. All the energy needs of the country can be met. Google is investing in s solar plant with 200 MW capacity in Nevada. That is just the beginning.
Internal squabbles of the Indian National Congress do not want Dr Manmohan Singh to go up the ladder while the opposition parties' resistance is one of speculation whether or not the INC would assert its authority in UPA. Ultimately, the nuclear deal would be clinched as it is a power balancing factor to contain China notwithstanding the US strategy.
RE:Nuclear Deal - A balancing exercise
by Sameer on Jun 20, 2008 06:48 AM Permalink
why does India have to sign this deal to balance China? Who is against having good relations with US?
Let us quit en-masse! Every morning the nuclear deal or non-deal glares at us. Now even the PM had enough! A very good excuse to quit and take stock of life!
MMS is not able to convert the non-believers! Others dilly-dally. It is time to a take hard look at the options available in a non-political platform. Yes, some are dreamers!
The noose is tightening and we are gasping for breath. Eighty percent dependency on Gulf countries for energy is plain suicide. The oil rich are having a party and increasing their internal feeding frenzy. Some like China & Indonesia have become importers. The latter quit OPEC - why part of a caucus to raise the prices while an importer?
Nuclear plants take over ten years. Oil at $130 going 200 is fertile ground for renewable energy. Already, Germany & Japan are leaders. US consuming three times energy while having quarter of China population is the culprit. Already post-Bush scenario looks to be good for renewables. When they move the world will do likewise! They can make change.
Let us not compromise and put our heads on the line in a hurry now. We can be held to ransom for technology & later for fuel. We should tie- up for solar, wind, geo-thermal. A break-through is enough to put the oil behind us. After all, bicycle repairers flew the air-planes before airospace engineers! Let us bite the bullet and take advantage of high oil & nuclear non-deal to goad us! Let Bush keep the outdated technology! We turn to nature!
RE:Enough is enough!
by shiva on Jun 20, 2008 06:55 AM Permalink
Return to nature meaning go renewables. We are treated as second class to others especially China. BRIC countries & Chindia etc will become a thing of the past as others have moved ahead, especially in energy.
On a broader note, China is forging ahead despite the Sichuan earth-quake. They are exploring gas in disputed territories with Japan, with US in $15 billion business deals, and cosying up to Taiwan. We are waking up as losers and going to bed likewise. The eternal also rans in life also. We just cannot makeup our minds!
As we have talents, the politicians have just to leave them alone and not put road-blocks. We have hit huge ones in oil & now the nuclear non-deal.
RE:Enough is enough!
by shiva on Jun 20, 2008 07:30 AM Permalink
I can speak for myself only! "We" is only a figure of speech talking of the state of affairs when we as a nation do not know what we want!
India's first ever Bueracrat-PM, concedes openly for the first time. Like a typical Bueracrat he can say "we have acted as per Madame's instructions, keeping India's interests in mind'....
Please vote for Congress and UPA for more such tamasha..vote for Congress...vote for the only party that can give double-digit inflation and year-long stagflation..!!
RE:PM wants to quit over nuclear deal
by Vinay Gupta on Jun 20, 2008 06:29 AM Permalink
This PM is biggest blot on the face of educated Indians. he is agent of USA. If people remember he once went to BUSH to complain about the BJP
Its right decision the PM is taking even the BJP is not fully opposed to the deal provided in case of nuclear test the nuclear equipments india bought should not be taken by USA as mentioned in HYDE act becoz for those we had paid our hard earned money in all over india power is in short fall also moving close with USA india can hold the chinese aggression which indian civil leadership is not able to face on its own becoz of old age politicians who running india.
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Prem Mohan on Jun 20, 2008 06:29 AM Permalink
Is it so? Countries like Japan and France, not known for their stupidity, rely on nuclear power to a large extent. The U.S. and Great Britain are contemplating new nuclear power stations now, with oil at $150 a barrel and set to rise further.
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Loan Shark on Jun 20, 2008 06:32 AM Permalink
yeah sameer jhoot boal raha hai .... maine uska jhoot pakkad liya hai ... abhee woh idhar se bhaag jaayega!
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Sameer on Jun 20, 2008 07:00 AM Permalink
Prem
Japann's nuclear plant had serious damage from earth quake recently. Fortunately, there was little damage. They will have no more of those. SOlar, wind. geothermal, biofuel, oceanic waves are the ways to go.
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Loan Shark on Jun 20, 2008 06:29 AM Permalink
where did they put up this 36 Giga Watt wind power plant?
per wikipedia, US has a total installed capacity of 16.8 GW at the end of 2007. i.e. up 5GW from 2006.
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Sameer on Jun 20, 2008 06:46 AM Permalink
Abe dhokhebaaj, give me the website. US has not added a single plant since 1970s. It increased production in Missouri plant. that's it.
RE:Indian monkeys should copy Americans and dump nuclear power
by Loan Shark on Jun 20, 2008 07:13 AM Permalink
abbe aankh se andhe, mein tera wind power kaa jhoot batta raha hoon .... LOL
I think PM is doing the right thing. He needs to take a stand in what he believes. Nuclear deal can be one of the best thing that could have happened to India. Nuclear deal will open gates to deal with advance world without restrictions. it is not just US and Bush administration but it is the question of India attaining a responsible role in the developed world. MM Singh would be remebered by future generation for his policies and forward thinking if he goes ahead with the deal otherwise he would fade into oblivian as a weak politician who preferred to stick to his chair for few more months instaed of taking a right stand.
