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I have engineered a score of nukes, two score fossil power plants, and have a hand full of degrees and PE licenses. I read this article, Mr. D. W. Walters’ rebuttal, and many others, and see critical distinctions. Environmentalists are universally anti corporation, anti big industry, and pro government. One is perceived the villain, the other the solution. From my experience, this is wrong. There are brilliant technical people of the highest integrity in the government and private industry, but neither is free from drunks and scoundrels. In the decision making process, authority, not technical and economical reasonableness, have ruled in the last two generations. It makes no difference whether Enron steals a billion dollars, or the government wastes a billion dollars; we are ripped a billion dollars.

The solution is not more government regulation, overviewing. After every disaster, the responsible government overviewer retires with full benefits. The solution is to back the lowly employee, who knows what he is doing, in confronting his management,e.g. You, BP big shot boss, may not place a broken valve, critical to the environment, one mile deep.

Currently, we form post action committees, comprised of out of work environmentalists to talk about why the gulf was destroyed by big business. They never discuss the retirement plan of government workers, who also failed their basic duty.

Government dictated technical standards will never work in a free society. It morphs into a dictatorship of the elite. Coupled with our abysmal math and science education, our elite are technical idiots. Ergo the decisions are made, not by engineers, but by scientists and lawyers. The difference is that one is trained in cost effective technology.

If you want $10/ gallon gas, if you want your kids to be poor, vote for environmentalists. This movement destroyed America’s smoke stack, heavy industry, and millions of jobs, while creating thousands of lawyers, and government funded scientists. It is unsustainable.