Left Wing Wacko takes hostages

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

So, the only reason that the Forestry Industry is by far and away the largest planter of trees is that the what to assure continuity of raw materials for production? Henry Ford was, then, just an exception to the rule, by acting on the belief that land use was pivotal (his legacy is still in practice today)? How are the entrepreneurs and industrialists who are investing in renewable and green energy sources reconciled with your above statement?

It's possible to take the tree metaphor too far - and I think I have. I think you get the drift, however, and can think of your own examples of industrial ravaging of the planet. One example would be Exxon Mobil's ongoing destruction of the Niger Delta. Another would be Haliburton's "fracking" operations.

Henry Ford was indeed an exception. He wanted to have his auto manufacturing as self-contained as possible. To that end he had his own iron mines and even his own rubber plantations in Brazil. I'm not aware, however of anything especially "green" about those operations. He was quite a visionary in many ways. (Of course, he was also quite the SOB.)

I think those industrialists engaged in renewables must be those few Left Wing industrialists, the exceptions that prove the rule.

Look, I told you I wasn't sold on this idea.

John