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Environmental disasters caused by liberals (view source)
Revision as of 16:15, February 25, 2009
, 16:15, February 25, 2009just a start, this list could go a LOT longer
[[Liberal]]s like to portray [[environmentalism]] as a liberal cause. What they won't tell you is many of the environmental disasters were caused by liberals:
* In 1979, [[Jimmy Carter]] adopted an [[energy]] policy in an effort to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, which shifted U.S. electricity production away from oil-burning power plants toward more use of [[coal]]. This caused a 40% increase in the use of coal as a power source, pumping millions of tons of additional [[greenhouse gases]] into the atmosphere. Indeed, global mean temperatures were dropping from 1940 to the late 1970s. They did not resume rising until the late 1970s. Could Jimmy Carter be the real cause of [[global warming]]?
* Environmentalists have been opposed to [[nuclear power]] since the 1970s. Their cause gained more public support after the 1979 [[Three Mile Island]] accident. As a result of this opposition, no new nuclear power plants have been commissioned in the United States since. In conjunction with Carter's energy policy, this led to coal beeoming the default electricity-producing fuel. See above for the consequences. Nuclear power, by contrast, does not produce any air pollution at all.
* [[Aerosol]]s are known to have an atmospheric cooling effect, possibly reversing any man-made warming effects from greenhouse gases, assuming there is such a thing. Liberal environmentalists campaigned heavily against consumer use of aerosols starting in 1974 after an environmental scare hit the news that aerosol sprays could be harmful to the [[ozone layer]]. See above for the consequences. Global mean temperatures began rising again in the late 1970s.
* The ban on [[DDT]] has led to millions of deaths from [[malaria]] in the developing world. No conclusive evidence has been shown that DDT was as harmful to the ecology as the environmental scare stories, such as Rachel Carson's ''[[Silent Spring]]'', claimed. Replacement pesticides adopted after the DDT ban have proven to be less effective at eradicating [[mosquito]]es, and more harmful to the environment.
* [[Liberal]] immigration policies adopted in the United States due to the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, opened the floodgates to unsustainable population growth in the United States which continues to this day. Had immigration levels been left at pre-1965 levels, U.S. population would have likely stabilized at around 240 million by now. Instead it is over 300 million, and expected to reach 420 million by the middle of the 21st century, mostly due to mass immigration. The U.S. ecology cannot handle this rate of population growth.
* Liberal environmentalist demands for cleaner burning [[gasoline]] led to the addition of MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) into gasoline starting in 1979, with higher levels of MTBE mandated after 1992 to comply with the demands of the [[Clean Air Act]]. The leakage of MTBE from tens of thousands of storage tanks has contaminated tens of thousands of water wells throughout the U.S. An even small release of MTBE can render a large supply of water unpotable. MTBE was finally banned in some states in 2004-2005, but the damage has already been done. The cost of environmental cleanup and lawsuits from its use range upwards of $30 billion.
==See also==
* [[Socialist Environmental Disasters]]
* [[Environmental alarmism]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]
* In 1979, [[Jimmy Carter]] adopted an [[energy]] policy in an effort to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, which shifted U.S. electricity production away from oil-burning power plants toward more use of [[coal]]. This caused a 40% increase in the use of coal as a power source, pumping millions of tons of additional [[greenhouse gases]] into the atmosphere. Indeed, global mean temperatures were dropping from 1940 to the late 1970s. They did not resume rising until the late 1970s. Could Jimmy Carter be the real cause of [[global warming]]?
* Environmentalists have been opposed to [[nuclear power]] since the 1970s. Their cause gained more public support after the 1979 [[Three Mile Island]] accident. As a result of this opposition, no new nuclear power plants have been commissioned in the United States since. In conjunction with Carter's energy policy, this led to coal beeoming the default electricity-producing fuel. See above for the consequences. Nuclear power, by contrast, does not produce any air pollution at all.
* [[Aerosol]]s are known to have an atmospheric cooling effect, possibly reversing any man-made warming effects from greenhouse gases, assuming there is such a thing. Liberal environmentalists campaigned heavily against consumer use of aerosols starting in 1974 after an environmental scare hit the news that aerosol sprays could be harmful to the [[ozone layer]]. See above for the consequences. Global mean temperatures began rising again in the late 1970s.
* The ban on [[DDT]] has led to millions of deaths from [[malaria]] in the developing world. No conclusive evidence has been shown that DDT was as harmful to the ecology as the environmental scare stories, such as Rachel Carson's ''[[Silent Spring]]'', claimed. Replacement pesticides adopted after the DDT ban have proven to be less effective at eradicating [[mosquito]]es, and more harmful to the environment.
* [[Liberal]] immigration policies adopted in the United States due to the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, opened the floodgates to unsustainable population growth in the United States which continues to this day. Had immigration levels been left at pre-1965 levels, U.S. population would have likely stabilized at around 240 million by now. Instead it is over 300 million, and expected to reach 420 million by the middle of the 21st century, mostly due to mass immigration. The U.S. ecology cannot handle this rate of population growth.
* Liberal environmentalist demands for cleaner burning [[gasoline]] led to the addition of MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) into gasoline starting in 1979, with higher levels of MTBE mandated after 1992 to comply with the demands of the [[Clean Air Act]]. The leakage of MTBE from tens of thousands of storage tanks has contaminated tens of thousands of water wells throughout the U.S. An even small release of MTBE can render a large supply of water unpotable. MTBE was finally banned in some states in 2004-2005, but the damage has already been done. The cost of environmental cleanup and lawsuits from its use range upwards of $30 billion.
==See also==
* [[Socialist Environmental Disasters]]
* [[Environmental alarmism]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]