I am so tired of all the Washington windbags and others who argue against climate and energy regulation 'because it's just another hidden tax'. HELLO!!
Then again, many of these guys were at the wheel over the past 40 yrs while we repeatedly raped and abused and depleted our poor planet. What's YOUR plan? Do nothing because it might cost money? Didn't seem to bother you to go spend over a trilion dollars to fight an unjust war or bailout Wall Street, but God forbid we spend anything to restore some honor to this generation and leave something sustainable to the next.
Do I sound mad?? Try outraged. Revolted. Mortified. And I'm keeping this PG. Is this going to cost money? You bet!! Try running a bulldozer through your house, then see if you can make it habitable again without paying for it.
Even if there was no other upside than doing what's right it'd be worth doing. But there is in fact plenty:
- Renewable energy technology, sustainable manufacturing methods etc. are going to be in huge demand globally for decades to come. Japan dominated the fuel-efficient car market from day one and hasn't looked back. Does the US need to lose this race also because lobbies are so bent on protecting the status quo?
- The US produces more than 25% of the world's pollution with less than 5% of the world's population. How do you think that makes the world feel about the US when we refuse to sign Kyoto protocol etc... If any other country did this, we'd probably wage war on them citing national security interests. And that'd probably be a good reason!
There is no match anywhere for the power of US ingenuity combined with its entrepreneurial spirit. Let's lead the world in shifting to clean energy, let's make better use of scarce natural resources, let's all make better choices as consumers and citizens. Imagine being able to tell our children we're leaving them the Earth in better shape than the one our parents handed us.
This isn't about money. Or politics. It's about humanity and love for our planet and all its creatures, damn it!!
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