Gore said his proposal would be part of a bold environmental agenda. That means additional regulations and an unnecessary depletion of the American way of life, including the freedom to drive the types of cars we want. He said this agenda would be the centerpiece of his presidential campaign. Most of that campaign will be based on bogus science, a theology of Earth worship and an appeal for even more government control of our lives, lest we burn up and die in a nation run by Republicans. Conservationists, though, saw the world as full of opportunities.
Environmentalists see the world as full of problems which only government can solve.
A 1998 Heritage Foundation report on the environment compared environmentalists and conservationists. Environmentalists believe nature is best left undisturbed, because humans harm whatever they touch and people who disturb nature are guilty of a crime. Conservationists believe the balance of nature includes humans and solutions to environmental problems can be balanced with human needs and development objectives. Environmentalists think every risk is avoidable and that the federal government should invest our money into eliminating risks at any cost. Especially if there is no crisis, other than one made by people whose only objective is power over others.