Originally posted by StarValleyWySorry about that... the link should be
Those opposed think that there is a real agenda embedded in the green movement. A good overview of the opposition to Kyoto and the greens in general can be had at :
http://environmentalism.aynrand.org/
I find this point of view a little extreme, but find that it is in balance to the greens equally extreme point of view. There is a middle road that we need to find.
http://www.aynrand.org/
then go to "Special Projects", "Environmentalism
😳should have tried the link before publishing it.
Originally posted by willatkinsI agree with you. The chemical industry and many other industries are very enviromantally concious & heavily controlled. Often enviromental acivists ideas are half baked and inaccurate and can lead to more harm than good. But we still produce a heck of a lot of polution, regulated or not (we for one put SO2 directly into the atmosphere, and I can't find a way around it), and the private sector does as much as anybody else to keep these levels high. Because it's easy to point the finger at big industry, big industry is largely behaving itself. But when there is so much industry and a private sector that doesn't care about the pollution, they just want a larger RV, then the level of ploution eminating from the 'western world' is too high & needs to be curbed.
Working in the chemical industry in the US, I will have to agree with kirksey. We spilled bottled drinking water down the storm sewer and that is classified as a spill. It is also a reportable spill if a water main breaks and releases drinking water. All waste must be accounted for and shipped off site where it is disposed of properly. Believe me, mos ...[text shortened]... ns to the democrats, even the most liberal person would be the first in line to drill in Alaska.