At 23:02 2-5-01 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Is it really asking so much that we preserve such a
>small fraction of the globe so that our children and theirs can witness
>pristine wilderness? Even if there is 10 years worth of oil there, what is
>its significance in the long run?
The significance of such an oil field will, in the long run, be negligible.
But then, politicians (think "George W. Bush") and Big Bu$iness (think "oil
indu$try") are not known for thinking that far ahead. :(
IMX, politicians quite often don't think further ahead than till the next
election, and big bu$ine$$ cares more about this (and perhaps next)
quarter's results than about what might happen 10 years from now. :(
Jeroen
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