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greenliberstrat

So it's a lazy Saturday and I've been watching EcoTech on the science channel. It's full of really interesting materials and devices being developed to improve energy efficiency and reduce pollution. It showcases innovations in building design, solar and wind power, even paint that absorbs toxic nitrous oxide and breaks it into harmless nitrogen and oxygen. The show points out that environmentalism really is good business policy because saving energy saves money.
I remember when running with the Libertarian party there was some talk and some articles about free market environmentalism, but one was left with the impression that the people talking about it were just developing talking points for candidate speeches, and didn't really care about environmental issues. The people featured on EcoTech are motivated by real care, and what's more they practice the innovative entrepreneurialism LPers claim to praise so much.
But hey, why be part of the solution when you can bitch about how people aren't conforming to the divinely guided perfected wisdom of the Founding Fathers, and scaring yourself silly with the word "socialism"?

1 comment:

Sra said...

It's easy to talk about ideals as if you live by them. It's not actually easy to live by them. Take me for instance. I bitched about how my apartment complex didn't have recycle bins, but then we got them, and guess how much I HAVEN'T recycled? Almost everything I've thrown out. I didn't consider that it actually takes effort to sort your garbage. You need to get two trash cans for all the locations of trash cans in your house. It really takes effort. While I'd like to say I'm a good person who practices what I preach about recycling, I'm really just an evil Landfill Filler-upper.

 
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