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Is There An Ecological Crisis? (1973-05-01)
About this film
Mr. Commoner was perhaps the leading scholarly exponent of the view that we needed to change course right now if we weren't to damage our environment irretrievably. He and Mr. Buckley strike sparks off each other in addressing such questions as, How can government best encourage citizens not to pollute? Is government itself encouraging pollution and waste of depletable resources by, e.g., favoring highways over railroads? Do Cadillac buyers not know, or do they not care, that their vehicles use more gasoline than Volkswagens? WFB: "I hope you, if President of the United States, would not appoint as Secretary of Defense somebody who would superordinate the problems of ecology over those of national sovereignty." BC: "Well, that is your hope; mine is the reverse." WFB: "Why would you call him Secretary of Defense? Call him Secretary of Undefense, or Secretary of Surrender." BC: "Why don't we call him Secretary of Survival?"
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr., United States, Environmental Protection
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