Posted on 11/10/2006 2:43:46 PM PST by truthfinder9
This book comes out later this month, but it looks great:
"An outrageous, alarming look at how the environmental movement, with its radical, short-sighted eco-activists, has actually helped amplify the dangers of natural disasters..." - American Compass
The author debunks myths and libels about: global warming and climate change, the dangers of pesticides like DDT, trees and pollution, fuel economy and the auto industry, the threat posed by asbestos, the lifesaving role of dams and levees and plans to "rewild" America.
If you want to know the difference between radical enviros and rational enviros, this looks like the book to read.
I saw the mountains covered by many thousands of stark black remains of tree trunks during a visit to Yellowstone last year.
The Soviets promoted enviro-wackism around the World, but the Soviet Union was the most polluted place on Earth.
"Debunking" misses the point. The Ecofreaks are not about ecology or saving the planet. They are about Marxist domination of resources and the entire economy and they are about Power. These are the Communists in their new guise after their great bastion in the USSR evanesced and it is no longer useful to be called Communist.
more mtbe anyone?
Hehe- I remember back in the '80's when asbestos was determined to be a health hazard, the first ones to start asbestos removal companies were lawyers. The whole scenario was played out over again in the case of the lead paint hazard. Environmental Law, indeed.
more mtbe anyone?
None for me thank you. That one was replaced by the new/old snake oil ETHANOL. It costs more and reduces MPG at the same time, thus increasing pollution.
Hate to dig up old posts, but the author is on local radio right now. He's awesome. :)
I'm going to e-mail in a question on Laura Bush's new cause, http://www.malarianomore.org
So you're saying that lead and asbestos do not represent a threat to human health?
Of course they do- to certain people and under specific circumstances. Children eating lead paint chips or a person with lung problems breathing large concentrations of asbestos fibers are just two examples. Of greater hazard is the free-for-all litigation and high-expense "safety" regulations for removal.
For example, one of the earliest state guidelines for lead paint removal was written, in Maryland, by the owner of a lead paint removal company- buildings had to be evacuated and isolated by being enclosed in visqueen, positive airflow had to be supplied, hazmat suits worn by workers, particle monitors placed at strategic locations outside, etc., etc. All that was really necessary (though even this necessity is debatable) was to paint the offending substrate with a high quality primer.
A similarly complex and expensive process was required for roofing materials- even though the offending asbestos fibers were encapsulated in asphalt!
Oh yeah, residential building owners are not bound to these regulations.
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