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Not my downvote either, but I'm really shocked... it's simply not okay to quote fictional worlds as evidence. Sure there's lots of evidence that technology can help the environment, but fiction isn't it.
Not okay.
ETA: Whoah, okay, not only did I misunderstand what "this" referred to, but at least four other people instantly didn't:
Gladly, I was shocked only by own ignorance!
He wasn't quoting fictional worlds as evidence of what sorts of green technology were plausible developments, which I agree would be wrong.
Instead he was citing them as Greens who supported technical civilization, or at least sent that message, whether or not they believed so. This seems perfectly reasonable to do, though of course not strong evidence that the green movement as a whole feels that way.