World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them.

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.

No action is without its side effects.

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.