[Lakeshark]

Quietly, the "green revolution" continues to destroy us. Thankfully, some voices are showing how nonsensical the greens are. Good article here.

[Moonman62]

regardless of what is happening to Planet Earth, the green movement does not have coherent and workable solutions.

The Green Movement is suicidal. It was never interested in coherent or workable solutions.

[Psalm 144]

“I hope that by laying out the problem I can encourage us to address it more logically, to abandon magical thinking and to recognise the contradictions we confront. But even that could be a tall order.”

Tall order? What an optimist!

[jpl]

We're halfway through the spring, and most of the country is still cool as heck.

Most of the country is now fully aware that the enviro-hysteria was nothing but a bunch of bunk, and that many of the people pushing it are liars.

[central_va]

Green movement is about socialism and state control, it has been wildly successful.

[lurk]

There’s a misspelling. The headline says ‘lost’; the correct spelling is ‘fools’.

[Red Badger]

George MoonBat.......how apropos................

[Mark was here]

Not all that glitters is green.

[FreedomPoster]

Clicking through twice, Monbiot suggests going to ~50% of current energy use. To put that in perspective, that would put the U.S. back to roughly mid-1960s levels of electrical energy consumption on a per-capita basis. Energy is a fundamental driver of economic activity. Are we really going to accept the poverty that such a move would create at the hands of our Green extremists? Screw that!

[Buckeye McFrog]

just wait till we get a solid majority in this country and GE executives start going to jail...

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> Top Green Admits: “We Are Lost!”
George Monbiot .... admits that because of a whole series of intellectual mistakes, the global green movement’s policy prescriptions are hopelessly flawed. <<<

No worries, George Moonbat-idiot, your global green movement only suffered a temporary setback.

The current young generation and the next generation have all been thoroughly indoctrinated.

[bigbob]

The original article is a fairly objective about the trade-offs and fact that there is no free lunch:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/02/environmental-fixes-all-greens-lost

Most people fail to understand the basic science involved, and keep hoping for some magic to happen that will remove the fundamental trade-offs and make everything sunshine and roses. Must like the article I posted yesterday about the NJ suburb that is adding solar panels to it’s utility poles, the fist thing you hear is bitching about them being “eyesores”.

We have yet to figure out how to cost-effectively come anywhere near the energy density of a gallon of gasoline.

[RWB Patriot]

In a rational world where politicians were objective and didn’t throw their support behind retarded movements, this would be good news. But alas, as long as a politician supports it, he has the power to keep it going regardless of whether it works or not.

[RWB Patriot]

In a rational world where politicians were objective and didn’t throw their support behind retarded movements, this would be good news. But alas, as long as a politician supports it, he has the power to keep it going regardless of whether it works or not.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[zeugma]

BFl

[bigbob]

Sorry this is too small to be self-explanatory, but a complete picture of our energy production and use can be found in the DOE AER report at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/consump.html (for all the tax $ it sucks up, at least DOE produces some useful reports).

However, this shows the basic facts in one picture. Most "greenies" want to nibble around the edges with insignificant programs that do far more harm than good.

To the Green Freeaks: This is our economy. Last year we consumed 95 quads and produced 73 quads - the gap was filled by imports. So, given that we're already behind the game, tell us what you want to do without, and make it big enough to move the needle. Then go out and convince hundreds of millions of people that their standard of living needs to go down to make it happen.

The author is right- we're not going to give up our energy. And I'm not holding my breath for any magic either.

[doug from upland]

This conservative recognizes that man can have some effect. We need to do a better job of conserving resources. I am concerned about the future potential of damage to the ocean that will threaten the food supply. All that having been said, there is a balance between taking care of this planet and killing business, which will ultimately destroy everything.

[pabianice]

Meanwhile, the electric company in western Massachusetts is building laughable recharging stations for the millions of electric cars they claim to expect. LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lakeshark.

[rlmorel]

"...because of a whole series of intellectual mistakes..."

Ya think? How about "Man made greenhouse gas emissions will have catastrophic consequences, and we must destroy the economies of the developed world to save ourselves"?

That counts as a pretty big "intellectual mistake" right there.