The Conservative Green
I know it sounds like an oxymoron, but that is what I am and that is what I believe. Is it really Green to rely on the power of government to make the world Green or is it our own personal responsibility. That is a “Conservative Green”. I believe we are all shepherds of the Earth and it is our job to take care of it and frankly I do not trust our or any other government to do it.
I pose this question to all of you who call yourself green:
Do you really trust men like Al Gore or Bono when they both run around in private jets, drive fancy gas guzzlers and in Al Gore’s case live in a super huge house that uses more energy in a month than I will use in 10 years? It all seems hypocritical to me.
People have to want to be Green not made to be Green. We all agree that our particular belief in a god or whatever is important to us but do we want a government to be the judge of which one is right. Green should be that way, a personal choice. When you let corrupt government stand in the way they will always let the rich buy their way out and that is what has happened in the Green movement. Our leaders have sold or will sell us down the river.
I am not Green because it is cool. I am not Green because it is the in thing to do. I am Green because it is what I want to do. I want to be free and being Green is freedom. Generating your own power is freedom. Having a government telling me what car to drive or what light bulb to use is not.
What is your thought?
Power to the People of this World.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
All good points — I guess I think it’s better to be a green sell out, than just a sell out period. I understand all these people are “hypocritical” but at least they’re spreading a message with their fame, rather than cruising the world in their jets saying nothing?
January 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I don’t think it’s the role of the government to tell you what car to drive, but there is room for government involvement to bring more freedom to your purchasing choices — i.e. by mandating that all cars sold in US are flex-fuel vehicles. Government has always created markets, and no one questions it 20 years later.