Template talk:Sustainable energy

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See Template talk:Renewable energy sources#Template: Renewable energy -- Johnfos (talk) 21:27, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion this template should not be used anywhere, as it is a massive violation of WP:NOR. In fact I am just going to redirect it to the Renewable energy sources template. 199.125.109.81 (talk) 13:26, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Templates cannot be NOR. I have renamed it to a more inclusive category. LK (talk) 15:13, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is when you include items that have nothing to do with sustainable energy, like flex fuel vehicles and hybrids. I still would not recommend this template be used anywhere because it is way too huge. These belong at the bottom of an article, not at the top. And it is such an eclectic combination of articles as to be useless. I would classify it simply as some of the articles you are interested in, and as such should only be used on your user page, not on any article. 199.125.109.81 (talk) 12:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And before you start spamming it all over the place, please get consensus that the template is a)useful and b) properly designed. As it stands it is neither. However, what you could do, is redesign it so that it goes at the bottom of the articles, like the {{Peak oil}} template, and lose the goofy green colors. This is an encyclopedia, not a popular magazine. It needs to be useful, not hip. Using "green" for "green energy" is simply not appropriate. You will also need to restrict the articles linked to ones that are directly related to sustainable energy, although I would point out that renewable energy is synonymous with sustainable energy, other than, to some people, some forms of nuclear that do not currently exist. And creating a template that included renewable energy topics with nuclear topics is a recipe for a nighmare. 199.125.109.81 (talk) 13:23, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]