It's the economy, stupid! Former President Bill Clinton might have stunned the world from Colorado January 30 when he said, "We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren." This would have been remarkable, unprecedented candor from a politician, especially today in the U.S. where politicians race to promote a stimulus package to jump-start our lagging economy, but for the fact he wasn't really suggesting we do this.

I've uploaded a clip of Clinton's statement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPDnaQMAO6E followed by Fox News commentators totally baffled by this notion. With all the talk these days about dire economic news, you may be as dumbfounded as they were. I wouldn't blame you.

But the fact is, our current economic retraction is a perfect opportunity to ratchet down our carbon emissions and ecological footprint. Any stimulus should go exclusively toward replacing lost carbon-intensive jobs with clean energy jobs. And we should be applauding (and adjusting to) lower rates of consumption.

The disciples of growth everlasting at Fox News are completely stumped. They can't begin to get their heads around the notion that anyone in his right mind would want an economic slowdown! I encourage you to inform yourself on this concept by visiting the website for my documentary on the subject of growth worship at www.growthbusters.com.

You can also see Clinton's remarks in full at http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15182805/detail.html(this subject is near the end of part one of his speech)