A proper perspective for Earth Day

Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace, tells why the group's focus on political posturing, instead of scientific objectivity caused him to break ranks.

Excerpt:

"The breaking point was a Greenpeace decision to support a world-wide ban on chlorine. Science shows that adding chlorine to drinking water was the biggest advance in the history of public health, virtually eradicating water-borne diseases such as cholera. And the majority of our pharmaceuticals are based on chlorine chemistry. Simply put, chlorine is essential for our health.

My former colleagues ignored science and supported the ban, forcing my departure. Despite science concluding no known health risks – and ample benefits – from chlorine in drinking water, Greenpeace and other environmental groups have opposed its use for more than 20 years."

....and:

"We all have a responsibility to be environmental stewards. But that stewardship requires that science, not political agendas, drive our public policy."

Indeed.

But please try to make that understood among The Goracle's True Believers of "Scientific Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming" crowd.

That's the PRIME example of political (plus social and economic) agendas driving public policy, instead of actual science and legitimate statistical analysis.