Commentary: Earlier this week we gave credit to the useful idiots of the country by respecting their devotion as true believers in however climate change is defined today.  We also pointed out that one of the world's most respected climate change leaders admitted that her work was not so much about the environment as about destroying capitalism.  The story below describes the thought process, or lack thereof, of a graduate student from Olympia who drove to Seattle to protest the world's reliance on oil.  And he brought others with him.  -dh

Seattle Times by .  Conrad Ely brought a kayak and canoe with three of his friends from Olympia. He is pursuing a master’s degree in environmental studies program at The Evergreen State College in Olympia and drove up Saturday to join the demonstration and show his opposition to oil dependency.

“I think our resources should be spent on finding alternatives rather than on finding oil,” he said after unloading his supplies and signing a waiver upon arrival at Seacrest Park.

(Comment: We believe an interesting environmental studies masters thesis could focus on the fossil fuels and mined minerals that compose Mr. Ely's Kayak, clothing and the car/fuel that carried him from Olympia to Seattle; then, using scientific methodology, determine how he would maintain his lifestyle and future career without them.  -dh)