On 2014-08-09 2:43 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>
> Not to mention a gold mine which will mwipe out another fishery and destroy
> a huge chunk of the coastal ecosystem. I always knew Canada had a crappy
> environmental record but it seems they have gotten much worse.
>
>

Yeah. We really screwed up with the Exxon Valdez, the Love Canal and the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.