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Quote - Biggest problem of them all is that any solution to these questions - work, money, environment, energy - requires intelligent decision makers with a broad view. And as far as I know, decision makers compensate their almost universal lack of intelligence with greed and hunger for power

You forgot one other factor - short-sightedness. Most only plan/look ahead to the next election, and don't think much about what their decisions will do 50 years from now. It's never easy to do that, but then leadership isn't supposed to be an easy job :)/P

You'd be surprized how much of that decision making is in the hands of local govermnets (city governments) whom are frequently in emotional knee jerk decision making mode to appease those whom scream the loudest.

Here's a crackup: There's a big trend across  the coutnry, and especially in California for green and ECO measures. Yeah, right, wait till we get a week of heat in the summer, and they gobble up every kilowatt of electricity available (and fuels that make electricity) running air conditioning, and if the whole system gets overloaded and there's a brownout... they screeam bloody murder. Just think about how many fuels are burned to keep air conditioners running. Enough to make a minor ozone hole.

Like hell are people like that going to lift a finger to do something that requires a little bit of effort to 'save the environment'. All they do is talk about both sides of their mouth. When they're warm and cozy and comfy, they whine and bemoan about the global warming and  rainforests. The minute their comfort is threathened, they turn into whiny children.

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