The foes of sensible environmental policy want you to believe that there is a binary question to conservation. Yes, you believe in global warming; no, you’re a denier — there are no other options. Either you’re good or you’re not. Many people are suspicious of global warming because it’s one of those-easily abused catch-all concepts [...]
Posts Tagged ‘overpopulation’
Global swarming
The problem with global warming as a theory is twofold: first, the science is not absolute because science is not absolute; second, global warming is a political surrogate for environmental damage as a whole. We have a modern mythic trust in “science,” but science doesn’t exist. People study and get degrees in science, and then [...]
How government destroys the environment
Many of us are hoping right now that humanity recognizes its vast and ongoing destruction of its environment and decides to do something about it. Most expect government to be the method. However, the record of governments helping the environment has been a spotty one — with one exception, which we’ll cover later. Generally, government [...]
Global warming is a consequence of globalism
Politics is doublespeak because you don’t want to reveal your actual intentions before you have a plan in motion. Otherwise, your enemies will sabotage you. The socialized problem of this behavior — the price we all pay — is that now we expect this from our politicians, and become paranoid assuming a conspiracy or at [...]
A curveball in the recycling debate
In many towns, recycling is not only encouraged, it’s enforced. Some communities use a limited “toter” system where one has to pay more for additional bags if the toter is filled up each week. The flip side is, things like plastic bottles, metal cans, glass jars, and just about any paper product including junk mail [...]
Dissensus of the greens
We’ve mentioned the fragmentation of consent about as much favorably as unfavorably here at the blog, which depends on context. Having all the eggs in one basket, so to speak, is a way to point out that through total centralization of a thing, we have created potential catastrophic liability that could ruin the whole. The [...]
Ignoring the patterns of nature
Modern life takes effort. Just getting through to the end of the day — fighting egos and layers of management at work, then ignoring family drama, then a few hours of TV before bed — can take all you’ve got. But the last thing you need is some idiot telling you that “life is precious,” [...]
Pakistan floods, a self inflated natural disaster
We have been seeing in the news recently about the Pakistan floods and how evil nature is harming the poor, innocent Pakistani people, here’s a few reasons why we shouldn’t concern ourselves with other societies problems: Twelve million are affected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, while a further two million are affected in Sindh. [...]
National system needs states support
Having 300 million people, 50 states plus protectorates to manage is a significant challenge. Add two long term war campaigns in the Middle East and who knows how many other dedicated commitments abroad and it comes as little surprise that the national budget is straining. Arizona alone steps up to the plate to help shoulder [...]
Unemployed millions means overpopulated
When we have too little of something and there is demand for it, its value increases. The reverse is true as well. If there is way too much of something, even if demand remains, its value will plummet and the excess will languish, unutilized. For most of us, our ethical social manchimp brains shy away [...]
