Of course, India s democratic government cannot simply bulldoze through people and the environment to create infrastructure.

But the country s democratic forces halted the Communist Party s attempt to bulldoze its way back into power.

If China wants to build a new six lane expressway, it can bulldoze its way through any village in its path.

Even if we accept the war metaphor, we are engaged less in set piece conflicts than in an ecological insurgency that we cannot bomb or bulldoze into submission.

Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 square miles of southern California desert.

Of course, India s democratic government cannot simply bulldoze through people and the environment to create infrastructure. But the obstacles also include layers of corrupt bureaucrats and politicians a vast network of resistance to reform.