Jun 6, 2007
Environmentalist cannibals?
It’s amazing to me how people don’t have to have the same views or credentials to be an “environmentalist” or lead an “environmentalist” organization. It’s also amazing to me that someone who claims to be an environmentalist can argue against something that’s sound environmental policy using the same patently false arguments, examples, and fear-mongering that non-environmentalists use.
Yes, I think the addition of wind farms to this part of upstate New York will probably cause some “landscape pollution.” I personally can get over the look of wind turbines, because I know they’re doing something good for me. They’re a hell of a lot more attractive than smokestacks or cooling towers. But to use terms like “The carnage among birds and bats is considerable,” then providing no evidence or references when arguing against them is dishonest and inaccurate. Oh yeah; and “clean coal” is like saying “fundamentalist christian gay porn”
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Keep a few things in mind. 1st) windmills do look better than smokestacks or cooling towers one for one, BUT…how many windmills do you need to equal the energy output produced by one or two smokestacks or cooling towers? They tend to stretch for miles and miles. 2nd) How can you be an environmentalist and not care about the birds and bats? (about half tongue in cheek there, I know the point you are trying to make.) 3rd) I’m sure there is plenty of debate BETWEEN environmentalist as to what “sound environmental policy” is. Are you sure you know?
The fact that debate exists does not preclude sound policy. This is the same absolutely incorrect line of reasoning that’s often used to argue against evolution, and it’s just as wrong here. There are many things that are widely agreed upon, like reducing carbon dioxide outputs, reducing consumption first, THEN recycling, etc. What environmental groups largely differ on now are the details and plans of action.
What’s that saying? “The pursuit of perfection is the murderer of progress.” That’s probably not an actual saying, but it is now that I’ve said it. If you wait until everything is perfect, and everyone agrees on what “sound environmental policy” is in every way (which sounds like what you’re suggesting), then NOONE will ever do ANYTHING.
I understand what you’re saying about caring about bats and birds, but where are the bats and birds going to live if we destroy the planet and poison our air? Domestic cats kill more birds every year than all the windmills on the planet. Additionally, birds are more vulnerable to pollution than humans, so reducing pollution by installing wind farms actually saves more birds than it harms.