Re: NANFA-- preserving greenspace..It's not too bad yet.

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_cboss.com)
Wed, 4 Sep 2002 22:22:24 -0500

Bruce... You are all too correct.. the decisions are ours, and we need to
make the most proven responsible decision.. Learn from mistakes and history,
so to speak. In addition, I hope I live to see the day, where people stop
mixing up their "rights" with their "responsibilities!"..

Rob C.

> >improvement of the environment. To significantly improve the
> >environment and preserve what we have drastic measures are required.
> >Who is going to make those decisions?
> >
> >John
>
> We all make those decisions, that's the short answer. Or, we collectively
> agree to make those decisions--we ban the use of lead paint, ban the use
of
> leaded gasoline, mandate the installation of catalytic converters on all
new
> cars and trucks, implement wetland protections with teeth, etc. I know
> people who still feel aggrieved by catalytic converters and unleaded
> gasoline, their rights were obviously trampled, etc., etc. But I have
rights
> too--rights not to have my property dusted with lead from car exhaust and
> flaking housepaint, not to breath nitrogen dioxides and suffer the effects
> of acid rain from the nitric acid that forms from the nitrogen dioxides
> generated by internal combusion engines unnecessarily.
>
> As Americans we get a truly stupefying range of choices. Do I buy an SUV
> even if I don't live on an unpaved road, work construction or go camping
> weekly? Do I buy a cheap water heater that's inefficient in energy use, or
> spend more money on a higher efficiency model that will probably last
longer
> anyway? This can get very mundane very quickly.
>
> I know the SUV issue always pushes peoples' buttons, but I guess that's
> symptomatic of what we're talking about. We're all rightly concerned about
> our own freedom, but there are tradeoffs with the larger world that we
can't
> really complain about later.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A

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