Posted on 04/13/2008 9:08:44 PM PDT by stickman20089
Robert Kennedy, Jr., recently wrote this letter to the editor of the New York Times expressing his opposition to building hydroelectric dams in Chile. I sent my own letter in response to Mr. Kennedy's missive:
Robert Kennedy, Jr., might be correct that electricity is best provided in Chile by means other than hydroelectric dams (Letters, April 8). His presumption, however, about the source of prosperity casts doubt on the quality of his argument.
Mr. Kennedy opposes dams because he wants to protect "nature's bounty." But nature is not bountiful. If it were, human history would be one of prosperity and long, healthy lives rather than one of oppressive poverty and short, miserable lives. Nature is miserly. The bounty that Mr. Kennedy presumes comes from nature is, in fact, the relatively recent product of human creativity and industry unleashed by free markets - and now threatened by the mindless worship of nature.
Bttt.
Good point stickman!!
And may I add that it’s not that they worship nature - what they worship is their narcissistic and elitist sensibilities. Nature couldn’t give a rats ass if you were to build a damn or not. However, you would be doing serious damage to the self-righteous sensibilities of idiots like Kennedy. To them water running down a gulley is much more precious than a beautiful lake providing fresh drinking water, power to light your home, lots of recreation and home to lots of fishies and duckies.
I hope Chile will tell him where he can put his elitist sensibilities!
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