“If you really believe in trees and recycle paper, an economist will tell you that the long-run effect is going to be to reduce the number of trees,” said Emory economist Paul Rubin, during a guest appearance on the Canadian program “The Agenda” with Steve Paikin.
Rubin was part of a panel discussing the parallels between religious belief and devotion to the environment.
“Nuclear power is the cleanest power we know, and yet environmentalists will stand back in horror when they hear nuclear power,” Rubin said. “I think there are irrational aspects to environmentalism.”
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, called Rubin’s arguments “nonsense.” What do you think?
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