Ed Driscoll: Prominent Environmentalist Finally Discovers His Religion’s Catch-22
Other examples of applauding economic malaise from from none other than John Kerry and then Candidate Obama are included.
However, radical enviromentalist George Monbiot of the UK Guardian is changing his tune. I’ll just leave you with his recent statements regarding Nuclear Power…
You will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.
A crappy old plant with inadequate safety features was hit by a monster earthquake and a vast tsunami. The electricity supply failed, knocking out the cooling system. The reactors began to explode and melt down. The disaster exposed a familiar legacy of poor design and corner-cutting. Yet, as far as we know, no one has yet received a lethal dose of radiation.
Boulderites, there’s a real world outside the 24 square miles… enjoy your municipal power.
