Comments on: Rv Without Green Guilt

By: jsinger008

jsinger008 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:45:47 +0000

R.E. Munn,Can to elaborate on what you mean by calling the “green movement” a “high priced hoax, just as most other derivatives”? Are you suggesting that derivatives have no economic function? Are you suggesting that a clean environment isn’t worth pursuing, balanced of course, with a concern for economic growth?

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:33:51 +0000

R. E. Munn: Every time there is a smog alert in a major city, the emergency rooms of that city's hospitals start noticing a spike in asthma attacks. That's not a "hoax."

You drive your polluting automobile up and down city streets, while not noticing the children with asthma in the apartment buildings you pass by. That's not a "hoax," that's known as an economic externality, and you should pay for it.

By: R.E. Munn

R.E. Munn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:50:24 +0000

Those to whom you refer as “green voters”, in large part, are pixilated folks who are not moved by suasion of any sort. Your argument, like many here, is Clintonesque triangulation, nothing more. Conservatives are better served by exposing the green movement for what it is, namely, a high priced hoax, just as most other derivatives.

By: nealjking

nealjking — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:23:31 +0000

You want the GOP to have a "green" brand?

Get them to promote carbon taxes instead of cap & trade for CO2: It works better and is less fussy.

That would actually have a positive effect, not just a PR effect.