Ironic and shameful that the "Don't Cut That Tree" philosophy of so-called environmentalist actually results in far greater environmental and property losses.
Environmentalists have caused more harm and cost society far more than all the polluters combined.
Why?
Because environmentalists actually do not understand nature.
Environmentalists create policies by holding meetings at posh resorts or within our cities. Those attending these meetings rarely step foot outside their urban setting. These are not people who have grown up on farms or had parents who were fishermen. These are not people who made a living through logging or papermills.
So, who are the environmentalists?
They are people who never stepped foot outside academia. They are people who joined a movement to feel good about themselves, but who have never subsisted on what nature has to offer. They are people who think they are smarter than those who interact with nature on a daily basis. They are people who have never saved a species---like hunters.
Through enviromentalists' arrogance we have sterilized beaches in Valdez, we have carcinogenic MTBE in drinking water, we have uncontrolled forest fires and we have a shortage of domestically produced oil.