Greenies Pi$$ Me Off

My sister is a lefty/commie(literally)/tree hugger Know-It-All, with multiple degrees, and she really is very "smart" IQ wise.... that being said, she lacks, uhmmm, how shall we say, Good Sense.

We recently had a "discussion" (argument) about SUV's, freedom of choice, the environmental movement, and "ecologically friendly" energy sources...if she had here way, we'd all be driving "solar" cars that don't exist or taking mass transit (it's more socially democratic, don't you know).uke:

We then got into a discussion about alternative energy sources, and when I pointed out to her that the environmentalist wackos were now trying to shut down the wind farms in West-By-God Virginia and Maryland 'cause it was hurting the bat populations, she didn't believe me.

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=18432

Ethanol Fuel
http://www.cleanairchoice.org/outdoor/E85benefits.asp

When I told her that "clean, renewable energy" from ethanol was a myth, that the distillation process alone consumes more energy than it releases (contributing to more pollution)she began to splutter, and when I told her that when you factor in the energy required to farm, harvest and process the corn, you got a 70% net LOSS in energy, she stomped out of the room.

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives...nol_clouds.html

It's ok in my book to be "environmentally concerned", everybody should be concerned with flagrant waste, but it seems to me that, when you want to develop policy, it might behove folks to look at the whole picture, rather than just embracing what "sounds good" or is popular. Smug, simple assertions pi$$ me off!
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