I decided to support Greenpeace in the hope that they will keep up the good work of monitoring and evaluating consumer electronics companies. I am very interested in consumer electronics, and I have found noone else doing the work that Greenpeace does in this field.
Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace, is now a critic of many of their policies. Stewart Brand is another critic.
Much of what they do is good, but it's clearly not driven by a cold and careful evaluation of the actual consequences of human behaviors, but by emotion.
Net detriment to society, obnoxious theatrics that accomplish nothing of real value, turns moderate people away from responsible and intelligent conservation.
I have mixed feelings on them (although I will admit I haven't critically researched all of their actions).
On one hand, they bring awareness to people of pretty good issues. On the other, they have been known to use unethical or dishonest tactics in order to increase their exposure.
On the whole, I think they do good things, although their philosophical basis seems to be "the end justifies the means." At least in my experience, they really think they're correct on these issues and want to try and control what you do (good and bad) in order to reach their goals.
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