Greta's Dream
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With most things, the final answer seems to end up in the middle - between the two extremes. In the case of environment, those who want 100% complete protection for the environment at the expense of everything, and those who want 0%.
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I am all for environmental protection, but I want it to be sensible, not kneejerk, a labarynthine tangle of regulations that does more to promote EPA jobs than protect the environment.
Everywhere I look I see us moving closer and closer to renewables and now maybe the smaller nuclear reactors. Electric cars are taking off. My BIL just brought online Arkanas' largest solar farm. It's happening by evolution, which tends to accelerate as it progresses. More regulation would just get in the way.
I also support the Trump administration's common sense initiatives that I think balance conservation and responsible land use.
@Mik said in Greta's Dream:
Everywhere I look I see us moving closer and closer to renewables and now maybe the smaller nuclear reactors. Electric cars are taking off. My BIL just brought online Arkanas' largest solar farm. It's happening by evolution, which tends to accelerate as it progresses. More regulation would just get in the way.
There's a lot of really bad shit going on out there, though. Unlike the movies, it's seldom evil corporations purposely destroying the environment (and risking public health). A lot of times, spills happen because companies just cut corners.
There's a ton of ridiculous regulation on the East Coast when it comes to environmental protection. I'm all for nasty, punitive consequences for incidents that harm the environment or risk public health. When the fine for screwing with tap water can be written off, there's a problem. But as for the other stuff? Fewer regs, please.
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With most things, the final answer seems to end up in the middle - between the two extremes. In the case of environment, those who want 100% complete protection for the environment at the expense of everything, and those who want 0%.
@taiwan_girl said in Greta's Dream:
With most things, the final answer seems to end up in the middle - between the two extremes. In the case of environment, those who want 100% complete protection for the environment at the expense of everything, and those who want 0%.
No one i have ever heard of wants zero protection. That would be ridiculous. But 100% is absurd too.
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@george-k In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be. Don’t discount Ms. Thuneburg’s advocacy just because there are other less fortunate kids. Such race to the bottom makes as much sense saying you cannot complain about paying too high a tax rate just because there are Scandinavians paying even higher tax rates who don’t complain about tax rates as much as you do.
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@george-k In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be. Don’t discount Ms. Thuneburg’s advocacy just because there are other less fortunate kids. Such race to the bottom makes as much sense saying you cannot complain about paying too high a tax rate just because there are Scandinavians paying even higher tax rates who don’t complain about tax rates as much as you do.
@Axtremus said in Greta's Dream:
In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be.
An overwhelmingly sad state of affairs on its own.
I've changed my thinking on Greta. She has Asperger's which, as she says, makes her different from the norm. But more to the point, she has a right to her opinions and her outrages, none of which are any skin off my nose. She's just alleviating her intensity of feeling pretty much as the rest of us do in other realms. She's never harmed me. Maybe she'll even end up doing some good. Live and let live.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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I don't think anyone has anything against her as a person. I don't. It is how she was promoted and used for an agenda.
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@Axtremus said in Greta's Dream:
In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be.
An overwhelmingly sad state of affairs on its own.
I've changed my thinking on Greta. She has Asperger's which, as she says, makes her different from the norm. But more to the point, she has a right to her opinions and her outrages, none of which are any skin off my nose. She's just alleviating her intensity of feeling pretty much as the rest of us do in other realms. She's never harmed me. Maybe she'll even end up doing some good. Live and let live.
@Catseye3 said in Greta's Dream:
@Axtremus said in Greta's Dream:
In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be.
An overwhelmingly sad state of affairs on its own.
I've changed my thinking on Greta. She has Asperger's which, as she says, makes her different from the norm. But more to the point, she has a right to her opinions and her outrages, none of which are any skin off my nose. She's just alleviating her intensity of feeling pretty much as the rest of us do in other realms. She's never harmed me. Maybe she'll even end up doing some good. Live and let live.
That's not entirely true.
The agenda she has bally-hooed will hurt many of us, including you and me. Don't believe me, look at your utility bill.
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@Catseye3 said in Greta's Dream:
@Axtremus said in Greta's Dream:
In all fairness, the other kids may not know what else childhood could be.
An overwhelmingly sad state of affairs on its own.
I've changed my thinking on Greta. She has Asperger's which, as she says, makes her different from the norm. But more to the point, she has a right to her opinions and her outrages, none of which are any skin off my nose. She's just alleviating her intensity of feeling pretty much as the rest of us do in other realms. She's never harmed me. Maybe she'll even end up doing some good. Live and let live.
That's not entirely true.
The agenda she has bally-hooed will hurt many of us, including you and me. Don't believe me, look at your utility bill.
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@Jolly said in Greta's Dream:
Don't believe me, look at your utility bill.
Her ballyhooing wasn't responsible for that.
@Catseye3 said in Greta's Dream:
@Jolly said in Greta's Dream:
Don't believe me, look at your utility bill.
Her ballyhooing wasn't responsible for that.
Yes, it is.
Ask the guys working the NE gas fields or the hands on the Gulf rigs.
