Because to be a US Conservative is now more about greed that a "conservative value". It is more about self-interest than selflessness. To be environmentally con

Because to be a US Conservative is now more about greed that a "conservative value". It is more about self-interest than selflessness. To be environmentally conscious means someone cannot exploit that environment to profit. The consequences matter for someone else. The lakes are poisioned because it was cheaper to discharge into them than to keep your poisionous runoff. The US Conservatives are currently attacking the clean water act, the clean air act, and the endangered species act only because they interfere with profit and greed. Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by greed.