Posted by
ngoc8or on Saturday, May 31, 2008 3:25:25 PM
I am a biologist who made a career of balancing protection of the environment and healthy economic growth. It has become abundantly obvious to me that free, democratic, growing nations do the best job of protecting the environment.
That statement, while counter-intuitive to some, can be proven by simply looking at the state of the world today. Look at the utter destruction upon the natural environment that is being wreaked upon nations whose populations are either enslaved in Marxist dogma, or are fighting to survive another day. Of all the nations that use nuclear energy, which is the only one in the history of the world that experienced a catastrophic nuclear meltdown (Three Mile Island does not count because it was immediately contained and cleaned up) or dumped toxic waste in numerous lakes and streams? What continent has for decades denuded the native vegetation simply to cook meals and keep warm? What nation spends significant portions of its GNP to address environmental concerns, and those of other nations? Need I say more? Healthy business is good for the environment and a healthy environment is good for business. Get over it, Marxist environmentalists.