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Oil Sands: Will the 'Greens' Cause Us to Miss Out?

The viridity (the quality or state of being green; naive) of the environmentalists, is often appalling... While it is true, that we must do all we can to reduce environmental impact, we must never allow simple-mindedness to take over, e.g., switching to an environment-friendly product or process, which in the bigger picture, may increase other forms of pollution, or impact the quality of our lives, significantly. It's all about balance, something which environmentalists should understand... Balance is most often obtained, when the free-market is allowed to show us what works. Attempting to legislate that balance, is to arrogantly imply that, "I know what's best for my limited area of concern and I don't care how it impacts, equally important areas of the big picture!" Reducing the speed limits to 40 mph, may save hundreds of lives on the road, but the resulting impact, millions of people starving to death in a destroyed economy, outweighs this. We cannot allow narrow-mindedness, either by the "greens," or by industry, itself, to influence our decisions... Simply put, it's called being reasonable.