Green Hell

It is sometimes instructive to read (or try to) a book whose central thesis is something you disagree with. "Know thy enemy" said Sun Tzu, so here is "Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them" by Steve Milloy.
I have only finished Chapter 1 and  I had to stop several times to exclaim. I particularly "liked" the comment on the"walking school bus" (page 22) where parents have withheld their enthusiasm for the prospect of having volunteers.., corralling kids along the roadside all the way to school". Oh dear - this is too green for him to bear and how dare (green hellish) for VicHealth to offer advice on such things!

Another gem included (page 4) the list of revenues ($1.36 billion) and net assets ($7.1 billion) of Green Groups in the US (BHP after all only has revenue of 34,166 million for half year ending 31 Dec 2010 and its only 1 company!). Followed quickly by the statement "as the ever-rising green establishment gains more power over your life, its members are devising lots of nifty loopholes, exemptions and free passes for their rich and powerful friends". Doesn't that sound like the status quo you and I have grown up with over the last century or so, the product of capitalists economies!
My grandmother ( born in 1890's) would be rolling in her grave to hear her strategies for hard work, thrift, credit not debit, recycling and morality described as "Green Hell"! Remember that Steve Milloy is said to have close links to big tobacco and oil companies. Go figure!