Actually, it's not that I side with environmentalism simply because of its promises. I side with people who actually -care-.
(update), ok, so if not capitalism or the free market, what agency will deliver clean air and water, and proper food?
(update2) a string of negatives is no adequate answer. With specificity please. And I see you agree with Crichton's religious analogy... [Actually, as I implied in my original post, Crichton's religious analogy is not too bad. That's doesn't mean he's not a dangerous idiot.]
(Update 3): I don't need to find "an adequate answer to Crichton"; I wasn't the one who said environmentalism is useless. "We go to war with the environmental movement we have," is what I say. They're the only ones who give a shit, so "support our environmental troops," buddy.* :) Yes, since you mention Greenpeace, I don't see what harm more funding for them would do. But don't hold your breath for a bumper sticker that says, "Make the world a better place, not war." That should give you a full week's rant-food.
(*This type of rhetoric stinks, doesn't it?)