R C Macaulay wrote:
Howdy Vorts,
Here comes the next generation. Back in the 1960's their cause was
free dope and love.and their name... Hippies,
This time they are called "Greenies".
There were few "hippies" in the 1960s, and they had no influence on society.
Environmentalist, on the other hand, have been around since ancient
times. They done enormous good. Japanese environmentalism in the Edo
period preserved their forests and species to such a remarkable
extent that even today Japan has far more healthy trees and forest
area per capita than other nations with similar population density.
American environmentalist began with Benjamin Franklin, who took
effective steps to preserve bird species from over hunting.
If it were not for environmentalists, things would be far worse than
they are, and we would all be even poorer. If people had only
listened to them 30 years ago, we would not be using oil today, and
there would have been no 9/11 attack, or Gulf war, or Iraq war.
- Jed
