But Mike Rowe has a handle on it. His website is devoted to the idea that, hey, maybe it’s important that the world has plumbers and carpenters and auto mechanics. And that maybe those people are just as important as academics and accountants and maybe even enviromentalists. I like the money quote on that:

” I’m weary of being lectured by people who seem to care more about the planet than the people on it. Hollywood and Washington have shaped the issue, and now, all things Eco-friendly are up for sale.”

Damn.

Mike being a Hollywood type himself may not be the expert on everything, but man, it’s refreshing to see anyone who is this far in the public eye even talking like this.

Damn: Edited to add, hat Tip Carteach, without whom I would not have stumbled onto this in the first place.