Invirowars are Coming!

Making sense of man's footprint on earth and mother nature's response is becoming more difficult every day. It's not that environmental specialists and climatologists are in short supply but rather it's that few scientific disciplines are more politically cleansed than environmentalists.

I remember the days when nature and its complexities were openly discussed by a variety of persons who seemed to be comfortable exchanging diverse opinions. On the first Earth Day there were as many believing that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would cool the planet as there were those who believed that it caused warming.

Environmental science was barely on anyone's radar screen. We were after all fearing nuclear winter from what some thought would be some error by one side and plenty of retaliation by the other. Today it's hard to believe that those days ever were.

The Envirowars are now about to begin. The environmental movement is a coalition of extreme political movements woven in one enviro-fabric. Many otherwise small political factions can join to coop the environment to achieve their otherwise unachievable political goals. Don't like lots of people? Join growth control environmentalists! Hate cars and roads? Join mass transit environmentalists! Hate private property owners? Join zoning and property control environmentalists! Hate private business and corporations? Join those who believe that we should not consume more than we need! Environmental politics has something for everybody who hates the principles and values of America.

What rankles me is that anyone who questions statements and who refuses to follow demands by environmentalists is painted as anti-nature and pro-pollution. It is my intent to comment on daily news and editorial opinions about environmental science and global warming. Using the environment to slow economic growth that keeps the poor poor and limits economic opportunity and personal life choices must end.