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  • Going "Green"

    05/26/2010 6:18:01 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 27 replies · 662+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | May 26, 2010 | John Stossel
    I ride my bike to work. It seems so pure. We're constantly urged to "go green" -- use less energy, shrink our carbon footprint, save the Earth. How? We should drive less, use ethanol, recycle plastic and buy things with the government's Energy Star label. But what if much of going green is just bunk? Al Gore's group, Repower America, claims we can replace all our dirty energy with clean, carbon-free renewables. Gore says we can do it within 10 years. "It's simply not possible," says Robert Bryce, author of "Power Hungry: The Myths of 'Green' Energy." "Nine out of...
  • GREEN MYTHS (ENVIRO 'FACTS' THAT AREN'T)

    04/21/2007 11:27:48 AM PDT · by conservative in nyc · 20 replies · 1,540+ views
    New York Post ^ | 4/21/07 | MAX SCHULZ
    AS we mark the 38th Earth Day tomorrow, it's worth noting that this secular "religion" has led many Americans to fervently believe some things that just aren't true. Environmentalist values plainly deserve a place in making public policy. But we shouldn't be guided by myths that are provably false. Yet a recent survey by Zogby International for the Manhattan Institute found that, when it comes to energy and the environment, the public is more inclined to believe myths than to have a firm grasp of basic facts. Polling 1,000 average Americans on assorted energy and environmental issues, we found a...