alt.politics.economics

On Feb 22, 10:09 am, stuff_st...@ wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:48:50 GMT, play...@ (Doug Bashford)
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> > *WHY* do they Hate environmentalism?
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> > Nature Hater: One who acts or votes just like
> > one who hates or fears Nature.
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> >I see all these "debates" here in ,
> >between Science and the Republican booklicks, the
> >Junk Sciencers, the sci-fi Coruncopians and so forth.
> >...Scientific consensus Vs. kooks and losers, with
> >the kooks and losers getting treated as equals, or
> >at least as if their position is worthy enough to
> >even be refuted in a sci.* newsgroup.
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> >But the expert consensus is; the debate is over.
> >How odd is. Since when does science
> >consider non-falsifiable hypothesis, or evidence
> >from the fringe? ...treat it as respectable?
> >Thomas Khun says no way. (I'm talking about the
> >Nature Hater trolls here, not Joe Honestly Innocent.)
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> >But something else puzzles me.
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> > *WHY* do they Hate environmentalism?
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> It's really pretty simple. They have been sold a false bill of goods
> that there has to be a trade off between jobs and the environment and
> profits and the environment. They've been sold this bill of goods by
> resources based industry - the mining companies, timber companies and
> oil companies.
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How many jobs were lost because of the spotted owl? How many
construction projects were canceled or postponed because of the
kangaroo rat in California?
How many jobs lost because of the snail darter in the South?