No doubt, some of you reading this will recoil in righteous rage and accuse me of being blinded to the facts by a right-wing political bias. I would say that my political beliefs are exactly as relevant as those of Art Bell, Whitley Strieber, Ed Dames, Linda Moulton Howe, and numerous other prophets of doom who have managed to turn pseudo-science into a virtual art form, and a very profitable one at that. Why don't you ask THEM who they voted for in the last election, or, even more pointedly, grill them on the financial benefits they reap from a scared and stupefied public held rapt by their foolishness. I would never argue against the fact that the past 100 years has witnessed concern for the environment all too often taking a back-seat to greed. The quality of the air and drinking water is utterly disgraceful in numerous areas the world over.
Environmental consciousness is one of the greatest responsibilities a human being can ever have.
But the facts must always be judged in the most prosaic light possible, without fear or judgment or predisposed bias, and this is a standard that is not being met by our current crop of environmental activists. Anyone but a cretin can grasp this simple fact, so I can only assume that those who campaign tirelessly to make people and goverments ignore these facts do so not out of ignorance or stupidity, but out of a willingness to sacrifice everything and everyone for their short- term profit and comfort. All so the Chinese can get rich selling fridges and a few fat cats can enjoy expensive holidays in tacky resorts. If there is intelligent life on Earth, it must be hiding. Since we wanted the money and had no notion of any hidden agenda we took the money and ran.