At 10:08 PM 5/5/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Then I went to one
>of the web sites you cited as evidence in your lengthy argument that the ANWR
>wasn't a wilderness area* only to discover that, in fact, over 8 million
acres
>of it _is_ designated as wilderness. In fact it's the country's largest
>wilderness area.
But not in any area that is to be developed! - which was the point.
Liberal activists keep trying to paint this area with the "wilderness"
label, which is just not appropriate, based on US land use classifications.
>In any case, it seems that, in fact, you were the one that was wrong on so
>many counts. Care to redeem yourself by backing up your claim that "there is
>little evidence that oil exploration elsewhere on the North Slope has
severely
>disrupted the wildlife there"?
I don't have time to look up stuff on it, unfortunately.
But, I just have to repost this funny "fact" from the web site that you
posted:
"Fact: No matter how well done, oil development will industrialize a
unique, wild area that is the biological heart of the refuge."
In other words, no matter what anybody else has to say, we're not listening.
JDG
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