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May 27, 2010
Death of the Postmodernist Dream
Al Gore will continue to channel from his Montecito hilltopthe latest green consensus of the international academic community. But fairly or not, neither he nor it will be listened to all that much: He has made one too many millions off his hysteria, and professors have fudged one too many publicly funded studies. The result is that almost at once both have lost the people’s trust. A volcano, not hot weather, shut down European air travel. The Sierra Nevada is still buried under snow in late May. At least this year, a wet, cold state of California is not going to blow away, as Energy Secretary Chu warned not long ago.
It is fine and good to invest in wind and solar power, and other alternative energy sources — if for no other reason than to drain the swamp of the oil-rich Middle East — but soon Americans will be paying a fortune for gasoline and electrical power. As gas hits $4 a gallon, they will want more oil drilling, more coal mining, and more nuclear, hydro, and natural-gas energy, not less. Green mongering is not what it was just a few months ago. -- Victor Davis Hanson - National Review OnlineAnd good riddance. Drive it fast to its tomb.
Posted by Vanderleun at May 27, 2010 2:21 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.