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Energy Regulation and Data Centers
Relocate (Sep 3 2009) Cap and Trade
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I understand “conservation”. Almost every weekend, I hike in mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina or Virginia. I enjoy the outdoors and am a good steward of both my land and the public lands I enjoy. While I am certain that I favor conservation, I don’t know if that’s synonymous with being “green”. A conservationist is interested in using as few resources as necessary to accomplish the same, or greater, productivity.
“Green” proponents seem to prefer that production, specifically U.S. production, be reduced, whether this achieves an overall conservation of resources or not. The “green” movement should never have become the attack on productivity that it has. A less productive America benefits no one, as less efficient industrial areas will simply consume more resources to produce the same, or typically, less.
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