Posted On: January 16, 2007, 3:26 pm CST

Posted By: Goreisadope

An interesting thesis I've been reading about is that oil is produced when byproducts from the heat and pressure of the earth's core are distilled in the cooling process as they near the crust. Methane separates from the petroleum in this process which is ongoing, and is the furthest thing from being rotting dinosaur fossils. This is off topic, but since one argument the libs often throw out is that we have a finite supply of oil anyway. In fact, it is being made as I type, deep in the bowels of Momma Earth.

As for cleaning up pollution, I believe that if you can't afford to clean up your mess then you can't afford to make it. I have no problem with forcing people to be responsible citizens and not pollute the community. However, some of the arguments that seem to be environmentally focused are destructive of jobs and disrupt the economy, with little or no practical benefit. The Kyoto Protocols for instance offers draconian costs for minimal benefits, if any, and is to be imposed only on the West, not on India, China, etc.

The cleanest countries are Christian and have the freer markets. I wonder why that's so.