Sustainable Development, LEED Certified, and Agenda 21; Sounds Great!

It's one of the popular catch phrases today: "Sustainable Development" the common definition is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" Wow, makes you feel all warm inside doesn't it? Let's break this Ivy League eco-babble down into terms that everyone can understand. For about four decades, a few leftist wingnuts have believed that common humans, being the primitive creatures we are, will quickly devour the earth's resources, consume all vegetation and food, and damage the atmosphere beyond livable conditions. In the sixties, it was discovered that we were on a path to rapid non reversible starvation due to over population. Whoops, we're still here. In the seventies, climatologists (which I believe is Latin for "always wrong"), predicted we'd all freeze in a global ice age as a result of all the chemicals we'd released into the environment. When not so much as a snow cone materialized, these same geniuses decided that the ice age had been preempted by SUV's and that the planet would shortly explode into a big ball of flames. As ridiculous as this sounds, it's all true; and a few of these jackasses have been making plans to prevent it for almost 40 years. Even though, if they had been right, the world would have ended 3 or 4 times already. Their master plan is called "Agenda 21", and it is a product of the United Nations, which consists of the U.S., Europe, and a bunch of third world, poverty stricken dictatorships that need us to send them money. Agenda 21 is a series of strategies to help governments implement policies to control the use of land and the distribution of food and natural resources. This is where the term "Sustainable Development" originated. Feel good terms like this are necessary because Americans have this pesky habit of wanting to shoot you if you try to take their property. The plan has been most effectively implemented in local communities and cities using zoning, historical and ecological preservation, and other bleeding heart B.S. A perfect example is The City of Houston's recent "Historic District" designations, which ban the demolition of homes, and greatly restrict repairs and renovations by the owners. Possibly the biggest scam perpetrated along these lines is the "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)" building certification. This steaming load of crap was cooked up about 15 years ago by the U.S. Green Building Council, whose board of directors, coincidently, is made up of CEO's of companies that manufacture green building products. The USGBC isn't a government organization but, through back room politics, the LEED certification program has been adopted by most federal, state, and local govt. agencies. It is a massive scam, as anyone in construction or design without a financial interest will tell you. As detailed in this report, LEED cert. raises the building costs 10% to 30% with no guarantee of energy savings and, occasionally, leading to higher energy use. Since these are public projects, guess who foots the bill? But hey, politicians can pat themselves on the back and give each other awards, while the makers of these "green" products make a killing. Everybody wins; oh except the ignorant taxpayers, but I guess it's our fault anyway. If you're wondering who you can call to thank for bringing Agenda 21 to Houston, Click Here. Click this link to learn more about the wonderful benefits of Agenda 21