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A Step Back From Enviro Lunacy

by Michael Barone

Sometimes public opinion doesn't flow smoothly; it shifts sharply when a tipping point is reached. Case in point: gas prices. $3 a gallon gas didn't change anybody's mind about energy issues. $4 a gallon gas did. Evidently, the experience of paying more than $50 for a tankful gets people thinking we should stop worrying so much about global warming and the environmental dangers of oil wells on the outer continental shelf and in Alaska. Drill now! Nuke the caribou!

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Posted by: Juanito Verde
Comment: #1
Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:38 AM

Michael, you echo exactly what I believe, and we're both sticking with it.

Posted by: Masako
Comment: #2
Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:40 PM

Mr. Barone, the thing about accountability is that there is none to the generations you wish to bequeath a combination parking lot, garbage dump, and rat cage filled to the top with humans who once populated a planet in supportable numbers. Where will you be when they want to ask you what were you thinking?

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