Earth Day was created by a Wisconsin Senator, Gaylord Nelson, who was concerned about the planet. In 1970, the concept of Earth Day became official. Every April 22, we hear about how people are trashing the planet. Al Gore makes another bucket of cash while wasting a lot of energy in his home and using gas-guzzling jets to tour the world.
If people were really concerned about the Earth, they would clean it up on their own initiative. Creating a day of awareness and then scare people about environment doom and gloom gets us nowhere. In an economic recession, cutting our carbon emission will result in less jobs, stagnant economy, and a loss of money.
President Bush was called evil and cold-hearted for not implementing the Kyoto Protocols. However, it made sense to not sign it because our economy would suffer from limiting our production due to limits on emission, China and India were exempted, and the standards were unreasonable. No wonder the Senate voted unanimously in 1997 to tell President Clinton to not be a signatory to Kyoto. It was a good decision for Bush to not ratify Kyoto and we should be grateful.
We should get rid of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and any other holiday that is a worthless gesture for environmentalism.
2 comments:
Earth Day should be a national holiday, where people are allowed to pick up trash and help the planet without being penalized. Make it a paid holiday
Why do we have 1 day throughout the year to celebrate the earth? (Darn Gaylord Neilson and his Hippy thinking)!! Its a waste of a holiday and it has little meaning.
I am not one of those people who believes abusing the Earth's natural resources is cool. I am a person who tries hard to do his part by conserving our natural resources. Once in a while I forget, but overall I do my part to make this place a little greener. Besides, we don't need a national holiday declaring that everyone needs to protect the Earth. I know many people who protect the Earth on a regular basis and they do it for free. Its called VOLUNTEERISM!! A word many people never heard or used before.
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