Thing connect and sometimes my brain can't help running off once a chain has started
..thinking about the origin of the phrase 'green loony' has inspired a chain of jobs in my brain, which I'll stick on this thread out of your way.

Maybe thinking about greens from the angle of jokes might help us understand their motivations.

How many green loonies does it take to reduce the carbon footprint of a planet ?

Ans ..This is an evidence based website, so we'll just have to say "we don't know" ... for the forseeable future.

How many green loonies does it take to stop the rising temperature trend of a planet ?

Ans .. Isn't it just easier for them to wait until it stops of it's own accord and then change the subject and pretend that all along they were shouting for a different reason ?

How many Greens does it take to change a lightbulb ?

.. they have changed a lightbulb ..but ever they shout at the EU ..and it bends over and does it for them.

How Do you tell if Green Loonies have been lying in you back garden ?

Ans : Well it would be a reasonable extrapolation that they have been lying in your back garden, given the evidence that what they say everywhere else : Guardian, BBC, Australian ABC , New York Times 'is consistant with' lies.

How many green loonies does it take to pay for a round of drinks ?

None...Well if they Are Friends of The Earth the EU will probably take some of your taxpayer money and pay it for them.
.. Wonder how much government money in total has been pumped into green activist organisations ?

How many green loonies does it take to get 'green loony policies' implemented by governments ?

Ans.. Certainly not 51% of the population.
Ask Julia Gillard "There will be no carbon tax..oh now that I've been elected here's a carbon tax".. You'll see that GLs have tactics which get 'green loony policies' implemented no matter that they weren't on mandates or even when politicians promised they weren't coming.
.. Seems they use media and a vast dirty PR machine to usurp democracy, then have the gore to shout "we needto ban corporations using PR and lobby firms".
- On top of that in the US at least they have routinely used the courts to get policies implemented that politicians haven't even voted on.
- I can't think of any significant 'green loony policies' that got implemented that clearly had the support of 51% of the population before the relevent election ..Maybe there was a recycling initiative or something, or maybe the banning of nuclear power in Germany.

Seems to me a small group who drive Green Activist organisations try and often succeed in driving enviro legislation.