Sunday, April 23, 2023

Celebrate Earth Day With Bright Lights And The Joy Of Internal Combustion

Celebrate Earth Day With Bright Lights And The Joy Of Internal Combustion - I & I Editorial Board
"...Yet that great cause, if we may paraphrase Eric Hoffer, 
  • became a business
  • then degenerated into a racket that not only became a haven for grifters but 
  • also a platform for scolds and eco-religion zealots. 
...At the same time we should also remember this: While the fawning-over-anything-green media will credit the environmental movement for the improvements we’ve seen since that first Earth Day, the truth is, as we wrote in an editorial at Investor’s Business Daily in 2009 that is no longer available online:
“The world, especially in developed nations, is a cleaner — and greener — place than it was when the environmental movement began,” because “through wealth generated by the free market, we have enough resources to move beyond the subsistence economies that damage the environment, enough disposable income to fund clean-up programs, enough wealth to scrub and polish industry.”
Without capitalism, there would be no Earth Day to celebrate...

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