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  This seems like a disastrous idea

  The environmental community is already seen by many as a group of sanctimonious preachers; the last thing we need to do is seem like opportunists, pouncing on every disaster to advance our agenda.  Let's work on creating a better message, rather than attempting to shove our message into people's faces while houses are burning down.  I would suggest that our current message--we're all going to hell in a handbasket and we should feel guilty about everything we do--is the problem.  Let's craft a more effective message.  How about, hey, even if you don't believe in global warming, let's stop buying oil from foreign countries, let's clean up our air, let's create new jobs, let's make the U.S. into a green powerhouse, and let's make some money by doing all this!  

  Believe it or not, people live their lives and have infinite interests besides the environment.  And if the only time they get an environmental message is when something calamitous is happening, well, I don't see how they are going to be moved to action.  Pumping people with guilt gets them to listen (or, it may turn them off to the message) but it does not inspire action.  Let's get a more positive message, and then people will listen because they will be inspired to act.  Americans pride themselves on their can-do attitude; why not speak to that narrative?

  We can do better than this.

  Andy

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