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Environmentalism

" Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God“ Great Seal Of The United States – original 1776 motto by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams. The Challenge of Liberty: 2013 Summer Seminars for Students Independent Institute Colorado Springs, CO June 20, 2013 Paul T. Prentice, Ph.D.

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Environmentalism

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  1. "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God“Great Seal Of The United States – original 1776 motto by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams

  2. The Challenge of Liberty: 2013 Summer Seminars for Students Independent Institute Colorado Springs, CO June 20, 2013 Paul T. Prentice, Ph.D. paul@PikesPeakEconomicsClub.com www.PikesPeakEconomicsClub.com Environmentalism

  3. What is “Environmentalism”? No clear definition. Webster: Advocacy of the preservation, restoration, or improvement of the natural environment; especially:the movement to control pollution. Social consciousness, or political, movement? Pagan religion? Secular religion? Judeo-Christian ethic – stewardship of the planet? Seems to assume that “Man” exists apart and separate from the natural environment. Anti-Human ethic?

  4. Wikipedia Environmentalism is an attempt to balance relations between humans and the various natural systems on which they depend. All the components are accorded a proper degree of sustainability (capacity to endure). The exact measures and outcomes of this balance is controversial and there are many different ways for environmental concerns to be expressed in practice. Environmentalism and environmental concerns are often represented by the color green, but this association has been appropriated by the marketing industries and is a key tactic of “greenwashing.”

  5. Is Environmentalism a Philosophy? (must have three distinct components) Philosophy (love of truth or knowledge) Ethics (moral code) Metaphysics (nature of reality) Epistemology (method for discovering truth)

  6. Green is the New Red Political movement consisting of public command-and-control over private resources. Mainstream economics is obsessed with cases of “externalities” and “market failure.” Austrians counter that “government failure” is worse than “market failure.” Coase Theorem: If trade is possible in an externality, then private bargaining will lead to economic efficiency without government interference. A property right to clean air and clean water? Adjudicate the violation of this property right as you would the violation of any other property right.

  7. Greener Than Thou Terry Anderson: Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) www.perc.org Successfully uses the Coase Theorem, private property, and market forces for Clean water Land erosion Waste disposal Endangered species protection Additional reading Dennis Avery, “Saving the Planet With Pesticies and Plastic.” Stephen Moore, “It’s Getting Better All the Time”.

  8. Rethinkg Green Robert Higgs (ed.): Independent Institute www.independent.org “Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy” Exposes the myths that have contributed to failed environmental policies. Proposes alternatives that recognize the power of incentives and the limitations of political and regulatory processes. Shows how entrepreneurship and property rights can be utilized to simultaneously promote environmental quality and economic growth.

  9. Alternative Energy(“renewable”) The hydro-carbon bond is the most energy-dense chemical bond yet discovered by Man. Unlocking that bond literally fueled the industrial revolution and created the modern world. Renewables such as Wind, Solar, and Biofuels are uneconomic compared with hydrocarbon technologies – could not exist without subsidies. Every 1 job created in renewables costs 2.5 jobs elsewhere. Even Green Europe is scaling back. On a life-cycle basis, renewables also have a more malignant environmental footprint (net environmental cost v. hydrocarbon). Result: Doubling of global food prices has resulted in untold additional starvations.

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