There is a huge level of dogmatic fanaticism on the environmentalism side of things on this issue and when you point that out you get some really offended reactions.
I made the same argument as bluemage to a friend and basically told him that they were for all practical purposes wasting their time on a lost cause. End result was that he told me that given a choice he wouldn't get on a lifeboat with me and that the Canadians could dirty their own backyard...
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
I made the same argument as bluemage to a friend and basically told him that they were for all practical purposes wasting their time on a lost cause. End result was that he told me that given a choice he wouldn't get on a lifeboat with me and that the Canadians could dirty their own backyard...
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."