On Sat, 9 Aug 2014 11:01:08 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2014-08-08 12:16 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >> When are we going to stop allowing these mining, oil and gas
> >> companies to rape the land and leave their shit behind to foul the
> >> environment. When are we going to get serious about something other
> >> than fossil fuels for energy?
> >
> > You travel everywhere by bicycle and stopped heating your house?
>
> How about regulating the extraction of this stuff so massive environmental
> devastation doesn't happen? Prevention is far cheaper than a clean up. The
> whole point is that big energy is being allowed to run rampant with lax
> regulation. How many more Gulf oil spills can we endure. How many more
> billion gallon sludge ponds wiping out entire towns do we endure? How many
> more Exxon Valdez's before we make these companies follow strict rules and
> force them to pay for every single cent of cleaning up their mess after
> those responsible are imprisoned.
>

The media should start publicizing these things more widely and
continuously so people start understanding that their particular
incident isn't an isolated one. I didn't even know about the Fraser
River fishery disaster in the making until ImStillMags posted about
it.


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