Re: [LAD] Science (OT)

Of course the rich and powerful get high on the power and get excited about making money but if we refuse to do what is good for the planet and therefore what is good for our children and grandchildren because we suspect the motives of those with the power to make a difference we are throwing the baby out with the bath water. Much of the western world is capitalist to one degree or another and it works because those with the money and motivation to make more money can do so by providing things the rest of us either need or enjoy and we are therefore prepared to pay for. The big challenge for green initiatives is how to frame them in such a away that the rich and powerful can get richer from them than from things that are less green; that way the green choice will be taken by those with the power to make a big difference. In turn, the way we as individuals do that is to buy greener products and services and avoid those that are less green so the greener ones become more profitable. Steve.