>>8 In a way, yes, but that word operates on a non-factual, almost supernatural basis. I don't think it is a neccesary part of human vocabulary.
>>9 Not on all levels and in all ways. Far from it. Power lines, corn syrup, mercury... I can assure you - as long as consumers (especially the poor ones) don't have the time/willingness/intelligence to defend their interests by using their power as consumers, I think it is honorable that some people want to fight that fight for us all. Capitalism may be bountiful, but it is a blind whore that can be made to do everything. It's a shame that so many of these environmentalists are little more than poseurs or leftists by default ("rich people? BAD!!"). I, for one, am an alter-globalist, simply because neither the left nor the right offer acceptable alternatives to the status quo.