"To a conservative, any initiative to preserve environment, whether it is turning off lights for one hour, taking steps to reduce global warming, or trying to save endangered species (or recycling), is a load of fertilizer.
As I have mentioned before, it comes from their interpretation of the Bible ("subdue the earth, conquer it, dominate it", not "preserve it, conserve it, nurture it"))."
As a conservative, and a capitalist and a money-grabber, I DO TURN OUT THE LIGHTS when I don't use them, because it saves me money..
And what has that got to do with anything? That only tells us that you will practice conservation only if you save money, but you won't lift a finger to better the environment if it is going to cost you even a penny.
Once you prove me that the warming on Mars, Jupiter and even the outer planets is caused by conservatives and their SUV's I will concede that you and Al Gore are right.
I don't have to prove anything to you. A great majority of scientists world over are convinced that global warming is a real threat. Those opposed are mostly conservatives (of course) and scientists in the pay of oil lobby.
Once you prove that the polar bears are facing extinction (in spite the fact that there are more polar bears now than 10 years ago) I will concede that you and David Suzuki are right..
That is the generally accepted wisdom. Polar bears are fewer in number and smaller in size (since winters are shorter, and they don't get as much to it, they hunt only during winter).
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Once you make a valid claim that the world is worse off because some species died off, I will conceed that you are right..
Indeed that is the conservative viewpoint. Let all the species in the word die, we will be better off without polar bears, elephants, tigers etc. This comes from the Fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible, as I described before.
Once you prove that you recycle and I don't, I will concede that you are right..
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And why should I prove anything of the sort?
Once you prove that the Bible says that Man should destroy the Earth, not preserve it and nurture it, I will concede that you are right.
That indeed is the interpretation Fundamentalist Christians (both of Catholic and Protestant persuasion) put on what God told Adam.
Anyway, so you have really supported my contention, that conservatives are opposed to most initiatives to better the environment. You didn't deny it, you simply gave an excuse for each and every one of them.