This following excerpt from a BBC article has me hot. This is unbelievable bullshit. Now that the environment and conservation is becoming more of a concern and more popular, this seems like an obvious attempt by neo-cons and extreme right to co-opt the message of the left and further muddy and blur the lines between left and right. Not that I ever believe for a second that they will ever change their policies, and if they do, it is only because it is part of the corporate race to the bottom line.
BBC:Why the US could turn green
Things are changing though. Some Christians argue that gas-guzzling cars are a waste of the bountiful creation of their and the President's God.
And neo-conservatives are worried that importing oil means relying on hostile regimes, which moreover, might funnel some of the dollars to anti-American causes. The is what the neo-cons call a "terrorism tax on the American people".
The former head of the CIA, James Woolsey, for example, drives a Toyota Prius, powered partly by a battery rather than the notorious internal combustion engine which burns gasoline and emits the smoke that many scientists believe causes global warming.
Mr Woolsey, no tree-hugging liberal he, drives this cleaner car for what he calls "national security reasons".
Further from the chattering elites in Washington, concern about the environment usually translates as concern about the price of fuel.