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Thanks to Nixon, a true conservative.
Whether or not global warming is real, what's wrong with being conservative and conserving our resources and implementing better resource and environmental management? I would err on the side of caution. I don't know anything about the science everyone keep citing. Heck, I'm no Leonardo Di Caprio but I do have common sense and know not to shit in the drinking water and foul the air I breathe. Is that really so offensive? Is wanting to pollute less and have a nice clean place to live so offensive? This should be a classic conservative cause: to protect the environment.
Smart, sound, environmental policy need not be diametrically opposed to business. All the good that Nixon did to make air in California breathable again has been reversed.
We should be at the forefront of better environmental policy. End water subsidies to wasteful farmers. Let the free market decide water prices and then maybe people will stop wasting it and watering their driveways at high noon in the California desert (hey I'm looking at you neighbor!). Stop fucking up the soil with fertilizers. Agri-business is fucking up our economy. If we got off of oil, we could just give the finger to the Middle East and not be a hostage to their extremist governments. Our foreign policy need not be hostage to oil. Conservation makes sense. Not polluting makes sense. I don't care if it's soccer mom, jet-setting Bono, or hot air politicians and energy-hog homeowners like Al Gore who want to pollute - just stop it. It's not hard.
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