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Comments     Threshold   RE: Libertarianism and Anti-
Environmentalism By jgvandemeer on 11/12/2008 7:02:35 PM ,
Rating: 2 I don't see why you are puzzled? Since
environmentalists are rabidly anti-tech, a lot of techies are
rabidly anti-enviromentalist.  All the major environmental
groups are against genetic engineering, biotech, nuclear power,
and the industrial revolution in general. Hell, a lot of them
are even against nanotech and fusion power. With that kind of
backwards thinking, its no big surprise that so many people are
against them.  By Catalyst on 11/13/2008 5:30:32 AM , Rating: 2
I would say that environmentalists are anti-tech is either a
mischaracterization or misunderstanding of their position. To be
clear their are some Deep Greens that want to live by candle
light in a cabin on the shores on Walden Pond, but they are
hardly mainstream.  Most environmentalist are for anything that
improves quality of life, but adhere to something known