India's Energy Security

a version of this paper was published by 'eternal india: the new perspectives monthly' from the india first foundation in november 2009. another version was accepted by a conference at osmania university, hyderabad on india's energy issues in march 2009.

energy security paper version 4

india's mandarins sat on their behinds for decades; when they realized they had forsworn energy security, they made a mad scramble for nuclear fission, which is probably the worst solution for india, barring oil. the recent incident at the kaiga reactor where tritium was inserted into a water cooler was a graphic demonstration of the perils of terrorism and sabotage that loom large in india -- chernobyl will be a cakewalk.

the omniscient mandarins like nuclear because there is opportunity for graft.

the best solution for india is likely to be solar; there should be a manhattan-project-like concentrated effort to induce innovation in this area. but there isn't.

it is not clear what india is doing in copenhagen, but it is highly likely that the u-turns and volte-faces will end up in india accepting some position that is highly damaging to the country's growth in return for vague promises of something or the other from others.