On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Larry wrote: > > Canada has even more restrictive gun laws than either, and a homicide rate > that's less than a 10th of the US, and of those less than a quarter are > firearm related. When you use either the DC or Mexican examples, lets not > forget that there is still very easy access to firearms still in those > places. It very easy for a DC resident for instance to go to Virginia, > Maryland, West Virginia or Pennsylvania and buy a firearm. Its damned near > impossible to do the same in Canada.
Someone from Canada could easily go to the U.S., get a gun, and take it back to Canada, so your logic just doesn't follow. > > > Have you ever lived downwind of an oil field? Are you willing to let your > life expectancy be about 10 or 15 years less because of sulfur dioxide > emissions from the wells? Or let the local environment be ruined by > accidental spills? No, I'm not that stupid. Why don't those people move? That's all quite sensational, but what does it have to do with the current debate about offshore/ANWR drilling? Offshore drilling would not have this problem if the rigs are kept far enough away. Drilling in ANWR would certainly not have this problem. > Myself I think that there should be other alternatives, like hydroelectric > power, both traditional sorts (btw the last hydro dam was built in the > 1970's I believe) and low flow hydro electric plants. Methanol production > should also be considered, not just ethanol. > Hydro is fine, but it has its own risks. Look at the Three Gorges Dam in China. I don't think we should limit our choices, we should simply set standards for environmental/human impact and let the market decide what works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263142 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
