Greenpeace Co-founder Praises Global Warming

The conservation movement lost many dedicated people when it evolved into environmentalism. Conservationists quietly work to keep their properties clean and conducive to wildlife while the environmentalists conduct sabotage and protest SUVs. Long ago Patrick Moore, Greenpeace co-founder, left environmentalism when the movement departed from common sense.

Global warming and nuclear energy are good and the way to save forests is to use more wood.

That was the message delivered to a biotechnology industry gathering yesterday in Waikiki. However, it wasn't the message that was unconventional, but the messenger — Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore. Moore said he broke with Greenpeace in the 1980s over the rise of what he called "environmental extremism," or stands by environmental groups against issues such as genetic crop research, genetically modified foods and nuclear energy that aren't supported by science or logic.

In direct opposition to common environmentalist positions, Moore contended that global warming and the melting of glaciers is positive because it creates more arable land and the use of forest products drives up demand for wood and spurs the planting of more trees. He added that any realistic plan to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and the emission of so-called greenhouse gases should include increased use of nuclear energy.

He makes good points which agree with an opinion form a previous post. The environmental movement has long since lost any concern for the real plights of people in the third word. They seem to think the world would be better off if we all lived like the third world rather that elevate them to a higher standard of living. The most effective system of preserving a clean environment is a strong legal guarantee of private property rights, something the environmentalists abhor.

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