Alex, you mention those 6 points wisely and they are of utmost importance.  But it is sad that you point out the truth that “Green” issues (the THEORY that anthropogenic CO2 drives apparent catastrpohic temperature rise, +2°C/100yr, predicted by computer simulation) are perceived to be more important and have become the flagship issue of many parties (in Canada).  Green issues mask so many other far important issues (self-sustainability, sovereignty, engineering research funding, the North American Union, job loss, overpopulation, etc., etc., etc.), one can only begin to wonder whether Green-talk is really some kind of front for some kind of global-scale hidden agenda…