The Lorax has made kids cry and hate daddy since 1971. The Lorax “speaks for the trees”… though no person or tree ever appointed him.

Y’know, the thing is, it is possible to screw up the environment (at least locally) and make a mess of things. It’s possible to cut down too many trees and not have them grow back – look at large parts of Europe and (especially) the Middle East.

But that doesn’t mean everybody who cuts down trees is screwing up. The US has had pretty damn good forestry management. (And speaking of trees, or rather speaking for them, I grew up in the Redwoods so maybe I can speak for those grandest of all trees – a little global warming raising the moisture content of the amtmosphere would be a wonderful thing and help the Redwoods regain some of the range they’ve lost in the Ice Ages. So: Save the Trees – Burn Some Carbon).

That’s the cincher for me about the warming mongers. Prosperous societies always take better care of the environment than impoverished ones. Because a nice view, fresh air and happy cavorting furry animals are things prosperous people can afford. Scrabbling pesants need food for their kids and they’ll stick Mother Nature in the back with a shiv to get it. That the eco-wacks ignore this tells me they aren’t really interested in the environment, they just want to tell other people how to live.

Nomenklatura is right, they’re religious zealots.