Do you wonder sometimes about situations where serious conservationists and/or advocates for local control and democratic process butt heads with renewable energy enthusiasts who, in their concerns about climate change simply want to get converted to renewables as fast as possible?

Kai Bosworth, a junior at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN posted recently on It's Getting Hot In Here an entry which addresses this issue with amazing clarity and humility which he called What Do We Stand For? It's well worth your time to read (including the comments) and ponder.