[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I just want to point out that conserving energy and saving the environment and all the other Green stuff that's so popular is NOT necessarily a bad idea! We should be looking for alternative energy sources, ways of reducing pollution, and being kinder to our environment. We just need to avoid destroying the economy with unnecessary actions and mandates.

Agreed

I just consider it a shame that it seems to take a "crisis" (whether real or fabricated) to get people to actually care about such things. You'd think that the same result could have been achieved merely by promoting the positive benefits of doing the aforementioned actions, as opposed to shouting about the consequences of not doing them (anybody remember the old principle about a donkey, a carrot, and a stick?) A bit sad.

Originally Posted by EricH

I also like that he actually states his bias. Everyone has one, but nobody has the guts to 1) admit that they have one and 2) tell you what it is.

Actually, that alone made me more inclined to believe him.