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eric g.
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Date Posted: 09:24:31 03/26/01 Mon
okay, sara makes a very good point, as does roger, but that doesn't discount the problem that in two months, bush has already backed out on most of his environmental campaign promises. i know that special interest groups are nothing new, but i think that bush is showing that his motives are rather obvious, especially since his largest campaign contributions came from the mining groups.
note that i understand that we can't just stop using oil for fuel until a viable option is here, but just exactly how is that option is to become a serious competitor with oil if we increase the oil drilling and mining for coal and if the automobile industry holds back alternatives like electric cars? it just seems like a step in the wrong direction. at what point does the consumer (i.e. the citizen who sits back and watches the businesses and governments dictate what the public can and cannot choose as the fuel for transportation) step up and seize control? it can't just be the individual's stance to say, "i'll just take the bus, or walk, or carpool" - although choices like this will help, not everybody can make these choices or is aware of these choices. the government should have an active part in setting a regulation that will benefit the people on a longterm basis.
from usa today...
"But environmental leaders -- even some from his own party -- say that in his first eight weeks in office, Bush has justified their concerns by:
* Reversing a campaign promise to require that electric-power plants reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which is considered a major contributor to global warming.
* Proposing to open more federal land, including 1.5 million acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, for oil and natural-gas drilling.
* Relaxing pollution rules on blending corn-based ethanol with gasoline to expand the fuel supply.
Tuesday, the Bush administration said it will reconsider tough new limits on the amount of arsenic allowable in drinking water. Later this week, it is expected to propose suspending toughened rules for mining minerals on public lands."
yeah, yeah, i know. we can't do anything about it. but, c'mon people! arsenic? i hardly trust the government to relax the standard on this, saying that we all have small amounts of arsenic in our bodies, thus making this decision okay. anyone remember john major and his burger? mad cow disease? is there anything we can do? and by the way, dc has reportedly run out of funds for its recycling program...
eric
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