QOTD
"The sum of these and other measures would undoubtedly slow GDP growth considerably in the United States."
- James Gustave Speth on changes needed to combat global warming
Amen, brother.
I dislike cursing (not really), but gol dang it, this guy and this article is the shit:

Changing the Object of Capitalism

I commend Mr. Speth for his rare honesty in these times. He makes the (obvious) connection that none of these other global warming mopes (re. politicos) will announce publicly: the answer to (so-called) global warming is to lower the standard of living here and, I suppose, anywhere else they can get their hands on.

Now before you over react to your way of life being torqued down, rest easy. Mr. Speth sees a lot of side benefits to this approach including more vacation time and a shorter work week. I'll bet! The means to this utopia is, of course, more government control and socialism. That's a shocker.

Speth is from Yale Environmental Something or Other. Can I offer a couple wild-assed guesses, just off the top of my head?
  • I'll bet they do quite well over there at Yale, and Mr. Speth's quality of living is quite nice, thank you. I don't know if his place is as placial as Al Gore's, but whatever.
  • I'll wager as well that Mr. Speth travels his f'ing ass off. I'll bet he travels business class or first class when his mileage points are worthy of an upgrade. I'll bet he drives a Prius or some hybrid, but usually takes a limo to/from the airport.
  • And I'll push the rest of my chips out on the table that Mr. Speth gets a big chunk of money from the feds and the UN and whatever other government teet he can find. Here, at least Al Gore is hooked into a venture capital firm, where he'll make millions more than he ever dreamed out of the feds.
The irony to me is that even if there were global warming the solution would be greater focus on advancement and solving the problem through growth and capitalism. Just like, um, I don't know... all the other problems that have been solved that way over the last century.

That hot chick with the parrot is from Yale Environmental, I think. Talk about your global warming. Sorry... couldn't resist.
polly want a cracker... yow, bill

Labels: , ,