No, pelican, I'm not saying all environmentalists are loonies.

What I *am* saying is that there is a substantial, and growing, subset of Environmentalists (note the deliberate use of the capital-E) who are fusing environmentalism and nature-worshipping spiritualism into a new 'Green Religion'. And religion is, by its nature, irrational and thus anti-science. Oh, they use (or abuse) science when it suits them, but they're really no different to the Intelligent Design mob.

Witness FOE's statement of utter, unequivocal opposition to GMOs, no matter what the evidence. That's not science, that's dogma.

Still, I understand your resistance to what is becoming increasingly obvious; after all, the Green Religionists are kind of like Catch The Fire or the Mormons: while the rest of their Christian fellows are embarrassed and would like to pretend they're not there, they are there, and they're getting stronger.

Funny old world. SMILE.

TTm