On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:06:12 -0400, Terry Spragg
wrote:


We are being mislead by greedy fools, again, still.

rant

Always. How is the eco-scam different from the cigarette scam (4 out
of 5 Doctors Recommend Metholated Cigarettes for Colds!) of 50 years
ago?

The true, unbiased science and the real risks of human behaviour, or
sins of omission/commission, are always clouded by those interests
that stand to make a buck by minimizing or over-stating those risks.

There used to be such a thing as common sense, and sailors usually had
it more than most people because in part of the dangers of going on
the water.

If you plan your "lifestyle" of cruising or recreational boating with
this in mind, things become simpler. The fact that the average farm
craps into the water exponentially greater amounts of pollutants than
the average marina doesn't in my opinion let boaters off the hook. If
we are conscious and responsible people (who are privileged in world
terms to be lucky enough to go sailing in the first place), then it is
our positive self-interest to keep our waters as clean as possible,
particularly when the fix is behavioural...like choosing a toilet or a
bilge pump method.

I was going to mention how the dreaded zebra mussel has really cleaned
up Lake Ontario, but that clean up has come at the expense of the food
chain. A clear lake devoid of plankton is not healthy, but empty.
Bilge pump behaviours of humans directly caused those changes, and
have brought a ravenous goby into our waters. So long, salmon!

/rant