PrintJune 5, 2009
The Dextrous Alternative
Carbon be damned! If cutting our atmospheric carbon enthrones China, to hell with it! I'll choke on the smoke, better tighten up my spoke, to keep China from pulling ahead of us.Alternative fuels are nice, I suppose. It's great if our cars go farther on less gas. It rules if our power plants use less coal. But if all the cheap coal and oil we refuse goes to grow our competitor, while we bankrupt ourselves mandating more expensive alternatives -- well, forget it! We Shall Not cede our economic preeminence for marginally cleaner air. We Shall Not endanger our unprecedented freedom for Crosby, Stills and Nash's mythical return to The Garden.We Shall Not trim our might to do what tree-huggers say is rightGlobal warming my butt! We can't even stop a twister in Tulsa, how can we hope to slow something as inexorable as GLOBAL warming? Lounging in your Natuzzi in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, sipping your barrel-fermented chardonnay, you Sierra...(Read Full Article)
