How true! They are arrogant elitists. They are absolutely wrong on ALL their assumptions. Environmentalists are absolutely delusional to think man is responsible for climate change. In the long term, environmentalists pose a greater threat than the terrorists to the survival of this Republic. We should be drilling of Alaska, off the coast of Florida and anywhere else there may be oil. We should be building more gasoline refineries. With China increasing demand, there will be big problems with supply in a few years. The environ-devils hope with glee to wreck out economy.
</b> sorry about the bold tag... my mess up :(
”Given the uncertainties and trade-offs, priority should go to avoiding environmental damage that is irreversible, like extinctions, climate change and loss of wilderness. And irreversible changes are precisely what are at stake with the Bush administration's plans to drill in the Arctic wildlife refuge, to allow roads in virgin wilderness and to do essentially nothing on global warming. That's an agenda that will disgrace us before our grandchildren.” And what is the foregoing, save alarmism?
”So it's critical to have a credible, nuanced, highly respected environmental movement.” But I never see any nuance, only the same-old-aunce of alarmism.
We need an environmental movement that is truly, honestly, a watchdog against those who are screwing things up for the rest of us. I do believe that there are people and organizations out there that show a willful disregard and disrespect for the enivironment. I don't want to see tons of poison dumped into a thriving river just because a company doesn't know what else to do with it - and I have seen the results of that in my home town. I believe we need a few wild-eyed people to make us ask ourselves if we really want to proceed with some plans that would clearly have a major impact on a local environment, and we need people to tweak us once in a while when we do a little too much blacktop landscaping.
Having said that. I don't believe too many of those people are in a position of authority at the moment. Most of the organizations and individuals who are screaming about the environment today are using it as an excuse for their anti-industrial, anti-capitalist efforts, and they will not be happy until the industrialized West is reduced to a bunch of feral tribes roaming the land scrounging for leftovers from the rest of the animals.