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The initial purpose of this template is to bring together all of the subtopics of Environmental Technology.

The purpose of this template is to direct persons to subject matter which falls into the heading of Environmental Technology. This does not claim that the article Environmental Technology is the infallable source, as it may need work itself.

The format of the entries should be general topics within Environmental Technology. However, should the subject matter become too long, appropriate tree links should be formed. If you do not know how to do this, then hands off. If you do, then please feel free to expand.

Creator of template. -- Hard Raspy Sci 20:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The current links in this template are there intentionally, as of this posting. Please, discuss before merely wiping links off the template. --Hard Raspy Sci 02:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The template is "environmental technology" which is well needed. The links which have suddenly grown substantially includes references to "environmental science". The template is becoming unwieldy since the large expansion took place and needs reworking ans separating into the two above groups.--Alex 09:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know, "environmental technology" needs to be a CORE subset of Environmental Science. But the reason, the links were there originally before the large expansion took place, see the following paragraph. Anyway, someone erased them, and the template got wildly off topic. Typically, what I see are people removing links that are not "their" environmental technology.

Environmental technology is the practice or application of environmental science, which includes the non-scientific/tech fields like Conservation ethic, Environmental law (which is erased!),...and others, as well as those scientific/tech topics like Conservation biology, Environmental preservation.

The unfortunate result of too many chefs, is that everyone has their own, narrow, view of what environmental technology is. If you need an example, talk to HazMat personnel, or OSHA. Hard Raspy Sci 00:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi all, I just added Green computing to the template, as this seems like a fairly obvious addition. However, looking through the revision history, past changes to this template have been rather contentious, so if you disagree, please raise your concerns here. — EagleOne\^Talk 17:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added hybrid electric vehicle to the template, because it is not the same thing as the already listed plug-in hybrid. Like EagleOne's addition above, if this is an issue please let me know here if you disagree with its inclusion. One alternative would be to strike the plug-in hybrid link and my newly added HEV one for the Hybrid vehicle article, which includes both but also is a much broader topic (including things like hybrid bicycles, etc.) Alternately, the Types of hybrid vehicle link might be preferred by someone. Up to ya'll. - Ageekgal (talk) 15:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addition seems fine, but think that plug-in hybrid should be removed. Either one of Hybrid electric vehicle, or just Hybrid vehicle should cover it. I mildly favor Hybrid vehicle to replace both entries. Zodon (talk) 06:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and consolidated to Hybrid vehicle. Zodon (talk) 20:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems strange to single out composting for inclusion on the template. A more general term that covers the whole area of food production and recycling of biological waste, like sustainable agriculture seems more appropriate. Zodon (talk) 06:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There should be some representation of the population component in the Impact (on the environment) = Population * Affluence (energy and things used by a person) * Technology (used in extraction) equation here Carrying capacity#humans. Birth control seemed the most obvious of the humane direct technology applications. Other possibilities that seemed reasonable included Family planning. As others have done, I offer this section for discussion. Zodon (talk) 08:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed recent addition of genetic engineering because neither the environmental technology nor the genetic engineering page make any mention of each-other. Not clear that genetic engineering is particularly related to environmental technology. Zodon (talk) 07:56, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Johnfos (talk) 08:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zodon. I am thinking that a single color title is much easier on the eye and still allows the main topic to be used as a hyperlink. No? Granitethighs (talk) 09:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]