Aside from Climate Change or Global Warming, When was Pollution Good for Us? [View All]

[louis c]

Put aside the argument for fighting global warming or climate change. Put aside Al Gore's book or movie. Put aside the controversy on the E-Mails. Put aside the international agreements. Here's what I want to know.

Isn't cutting pollution a good idea anyway? I remember 40 years ago the smog in Los Angeles. Johnny Carson used to do jokes about it. I remember visiting Pittsburgh with my dad and actually scraping soot off our car. When has cleaning up the environment been some sort of hoax? Aren't the Republicans embarrassed by excusing air and water pollution?

Isn't our economy far better off with renewable sources of energy? Solar, hydro, wind, bio-fuels and other alternative sources? I don't get it.

Put aside all the politics for a moment. Isn't the argument of being less dependent on foreign oil and less tolerant of polluters an argument we already won? And isn't this the way to frame the debate?