I've briefly mentioned my views on the environment here and how I have gone from indifferent to the environment to an understanding of our responsibility to be good stewards of the earth over which God created man to rule.
I briefly mentioned reading some of Dixie Lee Ray's book Trashing the Environment and I would say it was instrumental in making me perpetually suspicious of environmentalists. Again, it's not that I'm against environmentalism, it's just that given their track record, the environment is too important to let the environmentalists govern how we respond to it.
Along with that I've always been suspicious of the whole process of recycling. Somewhere along the line someone pointed out to me how difficult it is to process some recyclable materials and the use of harsh chemicals that contribute to pollution. Plus, given the breathless way that recycling has been advocated I just had my suspicions that this was another overblown thing like how we heard a few years ago that we were on the verge of a new ice age because of human irresponsibility. In fact, man is so irresponsible and his actions have such dramatic effect on the environment that that imminent ice age became an imminent meltdown, which is apparently still eminent even though the oceans have been getting colder since 2003 and 2007 was the coldest winter in decades.
Well, Anthony Bradley got me all wrapped around the axle on the matter of recycling with this post. Anthony says:
I have no idea why people buy into the myth that recycling benefits the environment. There is NO proof that recycling makes a difference at all. None. If you're passionate about recycling you may have not be thinking through the number of pollutants produced in the recycling process. What are the energy inputs and by-product outputs of the recycling process. Hello!!!!
Recycling things like paper, aluminum cans, etc. are among the most harmful ways to pollute the environment and use fossil fuels. Good job, recycle man. And recycled paper is so toxic that I wouldn't put children within three feet of it.
And, to Christians he says:
What's even more odd is when religious people talk about "stewardship" of the environment and in the same paragraph imply that Christians should support recycling. What? Why would I encourage those who care about stewardship to further pollute the environment and introduce toxic, recycled products to children.
Recent Comments