Inconvenient Truths
20 May 2008 - 16 אייר 5768 by Huw
As we move into crisis mode for climate change (”warming” is *so* not the right word) let’s all Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green.
The text of the article (and all it’s links) are totally, logical, of course. It was the attitudes of our ancestors (littering all the way back to the Stone Age) that brought us where we are.
What’s better, the risk of Nukulur Energy or the cost of coal? Both, it must be pointed out, use natural materials. Where do we go?
I think that what is becoming clear is that the path to “green” is no longer simple.
Do we put up wind farms? Then be prepared to put up with dead birds chopped into pieces by the blades.
Do we go for bio-fuels? Then be prepared for starving peoples.
I could go on, but those two choices mentioned brings out the point that one person’s green may be another person’s evil. Unfortunately, much of the green movement is not accustomed to compromises. Yet, now that there is more political strength in “green” thinking, those little non-cooperating groups are having to ask themselves how to put policies together in a way that is effective. Questions like what is the lesser of several evils will have to enter the green lexicon, every bit as much as it already has to the non-green lexicon.
In other words, welcome to the real world of difficult choices, oh greens!