http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/09/a-golden-green-opportunity-missed/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/09/a-golden-green-opportunity-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-77017 Ivan Ivanovich Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:31:05 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5535#comment-77017 A committee on the environment? That sounds like a bunch leftist BS to me! How about we let the free market decide? The Soviet Union had plenty of committees. A committee on the environment? That sounds like a bunch leftist BS to me! How about we let the free market decide? The Soviet Union had plenty of committees.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/03/09/a-golden-green-opportunity-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-77009 Patrick Mulligan Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:20:48 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5535#comment-77009 Simply the "Hierarchy of Needs" concept in play. People will not be interested in energy, and especially the environment, until their more basic needs like having a job and making money are met. So in the same way that you would not go shopping for a car if you had no clothing or food, the priority is placed on the more basic and immediate need than the more advanced and long term need. And even if/when energy and the environment become priorities, fierce battles will need to be fought to ensure that religious environmentalist and anti-civilization zealots do not over run the will and property of sensible people with irrational ideology -- an extreme that is much more likely to be reached with the current administration than anything resembling sensible policy. Simply the “Hierarchy of Needs” concept in play. People will not be interested in energy, and especially the environment, until their more basic needs like having a job and making money are met. So in the same way that you would not go shopping for a car if you had no clothing or food, the priority is placed on the more basic and immediate need than the more advanced and long term need. And even if/when energy and the environment become priorities, fierce battles will need to be fought to ensure that religious environmentalist and anti-civilization zealots do not over run the will and property of sensible people with irrational ideology — an extreme that is much more likely to be reached with the current administration than anything resembling sensible policy.

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