PELOSI-GREENGRICH - Extreme green activism

We have the makings of a crisis, it's immediate, and it's more than theory. The United Nation's top humanitarian official warns that continuing food shortages and escalating prices may result in sustained worldwide political unrest and social instability. Never in the lifetimes of most living Americans has the mere availability of food been so in doubt. And never in the history of America has "going green" been so en vogue.

There's a connection here.

If we're putting the 'interest' of earth above the interests of humanity, then it's hard to justify drilling for oil in pristine areas of Alaska, or anywhere else for that matter. Perhaps Earth doesn't want to be stuck with a drill. As a result, foreigners who wish us dead mostly control our oil supply. Less oil = higher oil prices = higher cost to get food to market = higher food prices.

But it doesn't stop there. The Sierra Club wants to shut down coal-fired electric plants, which will eliminate a major source of energy. At the same time, the Natural Resources Defense Council rails against nuclear power plants, which we'll need in order to replace coal.

With much of the world rioting for food, and middle class Americans racing to warehouses for rice, perhaps it's time to reconsider the ill-conceived religious mantra that says we should always put "Earth first." Perhaps we should consider a return to those days when humans put humanity first, a time when starving children gleaned more concern than ill-conceived global temperature theories.

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