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Environmentalists inconsistent on the blessings of energy conservation
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The following is my letter to the editor published in today's Sacramento Bee. The author of a recent editorial in the same paper argued that 'green' buildings are good investments, and this proves that the free market actually rewards energy conservation as a result. That may be true. But if it is, I want someone dedicated to the cause of environmentalism to explain what appears to be a contradiction in the eco-dogma.
"The editorial extolling the economic blessings of "green" buildings poses an interesting, and perhaps unintended, question to environmentalists and other advocates of energy conservation. If "going green" really is good for the pocketbook, why is it necessary to force such a practice upon businesses? After all, if there's one thing profit-hungry companies don't have to be forced to do, it's save money.
Unfortunately, I've yet to hear even one pro-conservation scientist or journalist openly criticize any of the numerous government-mandated schemes that aim to reduce energy consumption.
For the sake of consistency, all such plans should be scrapped. That is, of course, if those University of California researchers and their intellectual allies in the media really believe the market rewards energy efficiency."
