Richard R Lee<p>Congratulations to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimMcDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimMcDonald</span></a> on his retirement from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAE</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> of our era have much to look back on in terms of the profound change we brought, but are also responsible for much of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> which we face today. In reflection was all that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> innovation worth the cost to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>? I am doubtful. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TightLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TightLines</span></a> while out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtlanticSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlanticSalmon</span></a> fishing on the mighty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiverSpey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverSpey</span></a> during your retirement. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decarbonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electrification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BehavioralChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BehavioralChange</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/24/royal-academy-of-engineering-president-jim-mcdonald-this-is-how-we-power-a-greener-future?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">sep/24/royal-academy-of-engineering-president-jim-mcdonald-this-is-how-we-power-a-greener-future?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p>