Henk: My point was.. and to make it fishing related.. We hop in our BIG Gas Guzzling SUV's (At least in the US).. and drive 100's or 1000's of miles to fish.., and demand that the Oil be there when we want it... We cannot have our "cake and eat it too" so to speak... We can't go using MORE oil everyday, and not end up having to drill outside the Arab countries... That is a fact.. I'm no PhD, but supply and demand is what dictates here... We want the oil, then we will (eventually) Have to drill in our own back yard.. The planet is only so big...Am I wrong again??? Cause if the planet is growing, please correct me there too...Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk Verhaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: On 26 Sep, 2005, at 8:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whatever it means, we cannot continue to be such hypocrites in > America.. We > want our big Gas Guzzling SUV's.. etc etc ..We want power and oil > to be > there when we WANT (no necessarily NEED it).. But we don't want to > drill for > said oil ANYWHERE to have these luxuries... We CAN drill for Oil, > and still > maintain the ecosystem, if done right, Well, actually, you can't. Look at the scientific research being done in sustainability, as well as just plain facts about existing production practices. > I mean, whether iol is being drillin > in Alaska, or Saudi Arabia, it effects the whole planet, either for > the > good, or fro the bad, depending on HOW it is done... Well, there's sensitive and tolerant ecosystems. And then there are dead zones. Most of the Saudi desert is essentially a dead zone (technically not entirely true; however desert ecosystems are not crucial to global environment) and therefore extremely tolerant to environmental destruction. > I'd rather it be done in > the US where we have abut the stiffest environmental laws in the > world... Ha, typical US-centric stance. You don't, I repeat, DON'T have the stiffest env. laws in the world. In fact, for the last 40 years or so Russia probably has had the strictest laws, only no enforcement. Taking into account enforcement, the EU probably has the strictest laws, including some existing and proposed laws that border on the lunatic... And it's my job to help chemical companies to comply with those laws... =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 26 136034 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/ ~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< ===============================
