sophia
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Post by sophia on Apr 1, 2011 9:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by stairman on Apr 3, 2011 21:41:03 GMT -5
The EPA is gonna be the death of the economic engine that has made America what it is.
If you don't grow it ,mine it or drill for it then you have nothing.Look around you.There is nothing in the room you are in that isn't first extracted from the "environment".
There is also a gold mine proposed for the bristol bay water shed in Alaska.
There is a major fight for it also.It will affect 10 square miles of an area that is as big as california from Fresno,ca south,all of arizona and parts of nevada and new mexico and yet we can't allow a ten square mile area to be mined and restored with the best technlogy and oversight the world has ever known?
If this type of thing keeps going on the environmentalists will be living in a stick wattle hut and screaming foul when you want to put a sheet of plastic over your stick and wattle hut to keep the rain out!
Sorry if this is deemed to be political but it is too close to them stopping even rock hounds from collecting cool rocks if it keeps up.
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Post by Ryan on Apr 5, 2011 14:45:01 GMT -5
Stairman! How DARE you! As steward of this great miracle planet, I cry FOUL upon thee for thy blasphemy! Its people like YOU that destroy this gorgeous biosphere in the name of greed and money! Id stay and berate you further but I must go hug my tree and save a few whales! (ALL sarcasm broseph  ) I agree with you completly. The wood, metal, and sheetrock (aka gypsum-board) of the dwelling I inhabit, the computer I type on (silicon = mineral) and the clothes I wear (petrolium product) all came from earth. There are just too many whack-oes on both sides of the debate. It's like you say, 10 miles out of 100000 miles is a responsible claim and as long as some entity re-forests or makes efforts to keep the water free from horrid pollutants, I think the economic benefit outweighs the environmental damage. If said damage is mitigated by technology and environmental controls, then the result is win / win. I just dont get people sometimes. Seems like common sense is the worlds most rare resource.  |
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Post by stairman on Apr 5, 2011 20:50:41 GMT -5
how dare you suggest that mere mortals could mine anything with out destroying the planet!
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Post by jwnagy on Oct 20, 2011 13:10:20 GMT -5
Nuke the Whales and Pave the Bay ;D
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Post by rockshine on Oct 20, 2011 15:41:12 GMT -5
I"m still waiting for the EPA to ban Mount Saint Helen and all other natural sites where change is taking place.
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Post by Aye Corundum! on Oct 20, 2011 16:24:01 GMT -5
Before you know it, they'll be trying to regulate dust.........wait a minute..................they already do that too!?  |
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Post by colorshapetexture on Oct 21, 2011 14:16:11 GMT -5
They will fine you if you have too much dust in your air. And demand you clean it up. All the while regulating how you pick it up.
And when you get it picked up it then becomes a controlled substance by them. And you pay to throw your dirt away. Then you must keep documentation of where your dirt went for the guy that will come around and check to see where the dirt is going that you are sucking out of the air by law. By then the other guy is scheduled to come back and see if he can fine you again.
I'm feeling a little dizzy. I think I need to go dig a hole and raise some dust.
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Post by geodepat on Oct 24, 2011 20:19:19 GMT -5
It all reminds me of the red snot you have after a few days at Graves Mt. Are they gonna regulate where I put my used tissue?
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