WHERE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES?

August 4, 2009

The government's "Cash for Clunkers" program is pressing ahead and additional funds are being sought to take even more "clunkers" off the road. Surprisingly, environmental groups (who actively backed the Obama candidacy) have been totally silent concerning the impact of this program on our environment.

What is happening to all of the engine oil, transmission fluids, coolant, refrigerant removed from these automobiles? How about the engines that have been destroyed by running basically ground glass in them until they freeze up? What are you going to do with that mess, further grind it up and use it for what - landfills, bunkers, to seal radioactive/infectious material? Doesn't the American taxpayers deserve to know what the impact of this program is beyond the further destruction of our economy?

The silence of environmental groups says a ton about how all of these groups have sided with the Administration. When it benefits their agenda, they'll go nuts trying to stop the destruction of the "whistling sparrow mouse", but when it doesn't we can expect them to totally ignore the issue. A group as different from the Sierra Club as the AARP is another example of siding with the Administration instead of promoting the policies and best interests of their members. The AARP thinks the health care initiatives are just what we need. Really? Your members really want their benefits decreased and want to be "counseled" by a government employee on when they may be too old to receive appropriate medical care?