"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 01:01 AM 7/21/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >If it was 10 sq mi where I've been this week you could keep your billion.
>
> I dunno Doug, you sure could buy a lot of Amazon Rainforest for that billion.
>
> JDG
>
> (Of course, that's with now knowing where you were. If you were say - at
> Yosemite - then there are a number of cultural and societal factors that
> might make that 10sq mi parcel worth much, much, more than $1bil. From a
> purely environmental perspective, however, I'm not sure how you could
> resist a $1bil - sized chunk of Brailian rainforest.)
>
1. Is the rain forest purchasable by me?
2. If I do purchase it and desire to protect it am I guaranteed that the
resident government won't confiscate it and so with it what they like?
3. Am I sure that I wont be able to come up with the $1 B to buy the rain
forest through other means and thus save both the 10 sq. miles and the rain
forest?
4. Yes it was Yosemite - and the Ansel Adams wilderness. We went south
through Lyell Canyon, over Donohue Pass stayed at Waugh Lake for a day, then
headed North through Gem Pass, Koip Peak Pass (12,200 ft.) and Parker Pass
arriving at the road about 5 mi. east of where we left, having spent 4 nights
in the wilderness and hiked about 35 mi. Of roughly 15-20 backpack trips I've
been on this was the most spectacular. There were times I thought I must be
walking through Middle Earth. I'm hoping to get some of the pics up on a
website shortly.
Doug
