Ironic Snowfall for Resource-Rich Greenies

by Silvia Santacruz
March 02, 2009 @ 7:39 pm

Ironic Snowfall for Resource-Rich Greenies Environmentalists characterize themselves as petite Davids battling gargantuan corporate Goliaths in order to grab media attention. But hundreds of green activists demonstrated today to raise awareness of global warming and against coal production in front of the Capital Power Plant in southeast Washington D.C. The group had plenty of resources ranging from a raised stage with microphones, to trucks loaded with food and coffee, to green plastic helmets, all the way down to fluorescent caps and fancy colored anti-industry signs. We, the counter protesters, were comprised about 25 to 30 Davids. Participants hailed from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)—the event organizers—as well as the producers of the film Not Evil Just Wrong, the National Mining Association (NMA), American for Prosperity (AFP), the National Center for Public Policy Research, Conservative Caucus and others. All of us proudly held our no-frills signs celebrating coal, highlighting its importance to electricity generation and the nation’s economy. Despite the disparity between the number of anti-coal demonstrators and the “Celebrate Coal” participants, the weather proved to be a major ally: the nation’s capital was anything but warm today, making the global warming argument sound absurd. In fact, Americans needed a lot of affordable coal-generated electricity today to heat their homes. One of my favorites images of today’s dual protest (see picture above) was a Greenpeace activist seen cleaning snow from the top of his solar-powered truck with a metal sign that read, “Stop Global Warming Now”. One of my colleagues couldn’t resist and asked, “How is that global warming sign working with cleaning out the snow?” The greenie was too ashamed to continue, and left.

From http://www.globalwarming.org/