“The reason why environmentalists try to create circumstances where we are forced to use less power is because they believe that by making us use less power, science and technology will advance in a magical fashion to find an abundant source of environmentally friendly energy.”
Perhaps a few of the more gullible environmentalists believe that. But the real environmentalists believe that we must reduce our standard of living and forcing us to use less power is how they bring that about.
They wouldn’t care if power were abundant and environmentally friendly. For example, try to build windmills and they fight to prevent building transmission lines. They fight to stop solar power plants to prevent ‘eyesores’.
That’s exactly it. Their real enemy isn’t pollution. Their real enemy is our entire way of life. It’s about time people started realizing that.