I keep hearing this rhetoric that we need to take the lead, and others will follow. When they see our economy going down the drain, the last thing they are going to do is follow.

Environmentalism is a rich person's game. When you don't have food to eat, you really don't worry about cow flatulence. The best way to achieve environmental goals is not to give up what we have, but rather to find ways to live abundantly in an environmentally friendly way. That is the way that we could lead and others would follow.