Mine Your Own Business

This movie represents precisely why I find it hard to stand with the environmentalists. I believe in green processes in business but these green practices need to assist in said economies expanding, not being obstructive to capital gain. The tendency among many leftists to stand in the way of progress or expansion all in the name of the little or the environment without offering substantive alternatives paints them as radicals whom are not to be taken seriously.

I came upon the advertisement for this movie and as far as documentaries go, it seems really interesting. It stood out to me because all to often when you have people who are pro-busines, it is automatically assumed that these people are purposely and callously degrading Mother Earth while eco-terrorists ride high on steady diet of self-righteous indignation. I am supposed to take the word of people who condemn progress while sacrificing nothing of their own. That appears to be the major crux of the above documentary.

The reality is that in order for their to be progress on cleaning up the environment and creating renewable energy sources, you have to have BIG business on your side and there has to be profit. You can only do so much in the vein of creating awareness before reality steps in and sets the agenda.