Sunday, September 25, 2005
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From Wretchard:The collapse of Bolshevism deprived the panoply of fellow-travelers of the paradaisal vision they needed to function. To make it from one day to the next. The Worker's Paradise functioned as the Opiate of the Moonbats, vacuuming the truly insane from society and placing them in the custody of relatively functional cult leaders like Joseph Stalin and Pol Pot. Now that these worthies are gone, their former wards have all crawled out of the snakepit.¶ 9/25/2005 11:16:00 PM
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http://www.cleanpeace.org/
It's this sort of deep thoughts (in a Dave Barry sort of way) that hurt the creditability of scientists and engineers trying to push a greener society.
http://www.cleanpeace.org/
It's this sort of deep thoughts (in a Dave Barry sort of way) that hurt the creditability of scientists and engineers trying to push a greener society.
I am, in fact, taking a shot at environmentalists for promoting Hydrogen while attacking nuclear. Clearly they are unaware that the Hydrogen and Hydrocity lobbies (like Ballard) are rapidly pro-nuclear. This is for good reason, because a Hydrogen economy increases our overall energy consumption.
My biggest complaint about the more strident environmental groups is that they tend to be fact and math adverse.
My biggest complaint about the more strident environmental groups is that they tend to be fact and math adverse.
Okay, I'm guilty of stereotyping. Greenpeace and David Suzuki are not on the same page of the Environmentalist's Yearbook. I think the point remains, however, that fringe groups -- whether it be ecotopians or peak oil doomers or zero-point energy proponents -- tend to damage their own cause by making weak and absurd arguments.
There is a bell-curve to anything. I think one problem we have as a species is that we too often react to who is on the fringe, rather than what are the facts.
My take is that if you're in the middle of the Bell curve you feel no real incentive to change things or speak out. After all, it's going like you want.
My take is that if you're in the middle of the Bell curve you feel no real incentive to change things or speak out. After all, it's going like you want.
Well, I guess I implied that. But if (as I think is the case) most people want the same thing, then there just isn't a lot of disagreement from most people.
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