 Huh? What's all this? Weren't you just going to an environmentalism rally a couple of weeks ago? Well, I was, but then you said all those things about air travel and meat, and I'm not ready to give those things up. Forget the environment. Actually... Hold it! Okay, go ahead. Bob, you don't need to call for drastic legislative changes that will reduce everyone's quality of life in order to preserve the environment. Markets do a pretty good job of protecting the Earth when they're allowed to. You don't say! Markets protect the Earth! Yep, take the Audubon Society for example. Sure, why not? Um, the Audubon Society owns property that they use for wildlife preserves, and they aren't the only example. Whoa, didn't see that coming! Uh, in South Africa, private ownership of rhinos for non-lethal horn harvesting was allowed, and as a result, the South African rhino population quadrupled. But as soon as that was banned again, rhino poaching skyrocketed and the population started to go back down. And let's not forget similar circumstances in Zimbabwe and Zambia with elephants and lions. Thanks to entrepreneurial thinking, scientists have already devised ways to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and turn it into valuable commodities. Like carbon nanotubes, and even back into coal. It's why we have more fuel-efficient cars and planes. That would never happen if markets and profit motive didn't exist. See, the private market actually has to show results. All the government needs to do is say it has good intentions, and then whoever disagrees with them has lumped in a category of people who supposedly don't want the problem solved. You know, all this talk about cleaning the environment and making the world a better place through privatized means just gave me some insight. All environmentalism should start and end with common individuals who are willing to take responsibility in a sane and reasonable fashion. Well, yeah, Bob, that's actually very good. Hey! Dude, I'm gonna kill you! Children! From seeding sea! Thank you!