Now that every day is Earth Day, we need a new kind of holiday. We need an annual break from bad environmental news.
The year-round glumfest about drowning polar bears, dying honeybees and the general futility of it all is raising consciousness but crushing spirits (or at least mine). We need a day of rest — a time to pretend, as we did in the 1990s, that the party could last forever.
The other 364 days we can stick to the new normal, flogging ourselves about carbon and fretting about an uncertain future.
Lately, each week brings a fresh variation on the theme of “we’re doomed.” The stories come in three varieties. First, we’re destroying the environment with our old bad habits, like building golf courses in the desert.
Second, we’re making things worse with our new good habits, like embracing corn-based ethanol, which is contributing to a global food crisis and (wait, there’s more!) deforestation.
Third, we’re too late. We can sell our cars and walk on our knees to work, but the oceans will continue to rise. People in China and India, seeking a higher standard of living, will cancel out our feeble attempts to consume less. The furry little cubs will sink beneath the surface of the sea, unable to overcome forces set in motion a century ago.
It’s a miracle we’re able to function at all, weighed down by the Daily Doom Report.
That is why I call it “The Bad News”, much to The Wife’s chagrin.
And of course this author’s request must never be fulfilled. The eco-weenies would never allow it. If we were able to feel good about ourselves and our daily lives, we might, as a whole, tell them to take a long walk off a short glacier (which while entertaining, would possibly prove their point).
Of course, right on time to follow this guest columnist column, the Seattle Times posts this report
Greenpeace gives grocery chains failing grades on seafood buying practices
Greenpeace stirred the waters of the seafood industry this week with a report rating seafood buying practices at 20 of the nation’s largest supermarket chains. One industry group called the report garbage, and federal regulators said it contains errors.
The environmental activist group wants to hold stores accountable for “their role in supporting unsustainable fisheries,” according to a news release. The ratings focus on overfishing and other environmental issues in the $70 billion global seafood market.
Costco got Two out of a possible Ten points. Costco: The only mega store the leftists like. So you can guess how your favorite chain rated.
Don’t be fooled. The only “sustainable” fishing businesses Greenpeace supports are the ones that are out of business because of government regulations.