The Technical Debate They Avoid
There is a legitimate technical debate, but it is not the one being amplified.
The real question is:
Is Thar lignite suitable for economically viable gasification at scale?
Some argue no—surface mining and localized power generation feeding into the national grid is more efficient. That is a valid engineering position.
“Cheapest way to move energy is via wires… build power plants in Thar and transport energy via the grid.”
This is not a contradiction of gasification—it is an alternative optimization pathway.
But instead of presenting this as a strategic choice between competing energy architectures, the discourse reduces it to personality attacks and hindsight judgments.
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