On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Larry wrote:
>
> Canada has even more restrictive gun laws than either,
and a homicide rate
> that's less than a 10th of the US, and of those less
than a quarter are
> firearm related. When you use either the DC or Mexican
examples, lets not
> forget that there is still very easy access to firearms
still in those
> places. It very easy for a DC resident for instance to
go to Virginia,
> Maryland, West Virginia or Pennsylvania and buy a
firearm. Its damned near
> impossible to do the same in Canada.
Someone from Canada could easily go to the U.S., get a gun,
and take it back
to Canada, so your logic just doesn't follow.
>
>
> Have you ever lived downwind of an oil field? Are you
willing to let your
> life expectancy be about 10 or 15 years less because of
sulfur dioxide
> emissions from the wells? Or let the local environment
be ruined by
> accidental spills?
No, I'm not that stupid. Why don't those people move?
That's all quite sensational, but what does it have to do
with the current
debate about offshore/ANWR drilling? Offshore drilling would
not have this
problem if the rigs are kept far enough away. Drilling in
ANWR would
certainly not have this problem.
> Myself I think that there should be other alternatives,
like hydroelectric
> power, both traditional sorts (btw the last hydro dam
was built in the
> 1970's I believe) and low flow hydro electric plants.
Methanol production
> should also be considered, not just ethanol.
>
Hydro is fine, but it has its own risks. Look at the Three
Gorges Dam in
China.
I don't think we should limit our choices, we should simply
set standards
for environmental/human impact and let the market decide
what works.
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