Errr...this is the THIRD time i've gotten this email. On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Lee wrote:
> On Thursday 05 December 2002 23:30, Collins wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:04:09 -0600 ronnie gauthier > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If 200 naked dancing fillies doesn't do it then towing an iceburg is > > > a last resort. Does AU have any desalination plants? > > > > > > On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 12:59:12 -0500 - "Leon A. Goldstein" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following > > > Re: Re: <OT> Re: Big problems in Oz > > > > > > >Jerry McBride wrote: > > > >> If my memory serves me... Here in the states, for year 2002... > > > > > > > >the 48> continental states reported some measure of drought > > > >effects, > > > > Memory serves you right. The mountain and western states had the > > worst growth and forrest fires in about 100 years (Colorado most > > especially). I don't know how that sort of thing is handled down > > under, but many people believe that the severest problems were created > > by several decades of failure to prune old growth forrests > > (environmentalist wackos would never allow that) which become > > tinderboxes with passage of time. > > > > Fire is part of the natural world's forest management technique. After every > fire there is a revitalization of burned areas. Fire only becomes a problem > when people with more money and greed than brains build their houses (or > should I call them real estate investments?) in the middle of the forest. As > for pruning the old growth, that's just lumber industry baffle garb for > clear cutting the old growth forest's 500 year old Douglas Fir and 1000 year > old redwoods to make picnic tables for yuppies and more houses deeper in the > forests. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
