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Luddites? 
No,no, no. Those who encourage and support the development of new technologies are not "Luddites".
New technology is most assuredly NOT what the anti oil/coal greenies support. They support hugely expensive "alternatives" that require massive tax subsidies and are notoriously undependable.. They oppose all oil drilling, coal mining, nuclear power and hydro electricity. The net effect of their policies would be to increase energy costs exponentially and reduce the standard of living for the vast majority of the population. They propagate the fictions of anthropogenic global warming and imminent oil shortages while simultaneously doing everything they can to prohibit energy production from proven technologies. If we followed their demands and cut energy use by some huge percentage the only result would be a fraction of a degree reduction of global warming (that's assuming their own computer generated predictions are correct) and a catastrophic reduction in the standard of living for all but the annointed few (Al Gore comes to mind.) Luddites? Yes, that's exactly what they are.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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