Building a Better Planet

I want to have some forward-thinking discussions here about building a better planet.  

Environmentalists are becoming increasingly bold in asserting their satisfaction with the natural systems of this planet, and becoming increasingly hostile to those of us who have the power and will to build a much more suitable planet. 

 

My small coal-fired generating plant is only a first example. 

Environmentalists--both from our neighborhood and elsewhere--insisted that I didn't have the right to build my plant on my own land in my own neighborhood with my own money.  A truckload of money, my team of lawyers, a P.R. campaign, and a construction crew proved them dead wrong. 

 

Coal has been good for our neighborhood.  Truck traffic is up, the particulate matter keeps the bugs down, and my wife's neighborhood medical practice (respiratory therapy) is thriving.  Our little company has even moved mountains: where there were once just abandoned mountain ranges in West Virginia, with nothing but trees, trails, creeks, wild animals, fishermen and hunters taking up space, we've shaved the tops off the mountains, excavated the coal seams, and flattened the land to make way for our vision of high-end shopping and housing.  

It's beautiful: coal doesn't only benefit us here at the point of combustion; its benefits extend to the growing parking lots and shrinking wilderness of West Virginia.

We've taken some important but modest steps here in my little Dallas suburb.  But we're proud to be leading the way into a bold future.  Will you join us?