Eco-terrorists are a different breed and I'll give you that, but I do find a bit of hypocrisy in a system that goes after those people as criminals, but only fines the decision makers of companies who flaunt and break rules causing massive ecological damage and in many cases much sickness and death. That's even if they get fined.
As for environmentalists who don't understand economics, yes I also dislike that. Any environmental movement must have people that can see both sides and make the most responsible decisions for their communities and the world, and often that is a compromise. The world DOES need cheap energy and cheap food. The idealists on the environmental side often ignore that.
For me I just want to see good discussion on these issues, and when it comes to the climate change deniers, they really have lost the battle. Just give it up already, it's been proven, you're dead wrong.
Now we just need to discuss how industry, government, and consumer can all come together to find the least painful path that still is drastic enough to make the changes we need to prevent what could become the worlds biggest problem.
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