Overplaying their hand?

Charles Sykes posted an interesting article speculating that the environmental movement may have overplayed their hand when a link was made between bad tomatoes and global warming (sorry, I mean climate change). He goes on to explain that high gas prices have put the greenies into a tenuous position, with a lot of people changing their mind on things like offshore drilling and drilling in ANWR.

I wonder if the greenies have jumped the shark. It seems to me that their sense of urgency isn't necessarily based on a short timeline to save the planet. It's based on there being only a window of opportunity to get their agenda passed into law before people realize that this isn't nearly as big a deal as it's made out to be. It looks as though this window may be closing. This movement is all about control over humanity. We can't drive what we want, we can't live where we want, we can't use the products and services we want, and it's all in the name of saving the planet. At its best the green movement is silliness. At its worst, it threatens our way of life in ways that we haven't even totally grasped. My personal favorite is stuff like this. I know this sounds like I believe there is some conspiracy. I don't. But, there are some people who would benefit greatly from the successful implementation of the entire green agenda. But, their motives are never questioned. They need to be.

To paraphrase George Carlin (talking about how plastic was going to destroy the planet), "We're going to save the planet? We can't even take care of ourselves, and we're going to save the planet?!! The planet is fine. It's gone through earthquakes, meteor strikes, storms, mass extinctions, the magnetic reversal of the poles, and we think the planet is doomed because of plastic? The planet is going to keep a-floatin' around for a long, long, long time."