On Jun 1, 8:06 am, Chuck Gould wrote:

Most boaters make conscientious environmental choices. The few that
persist in dumping holding tanks in inland waters or pumping the bilge
after an oil change "accident", deserve to be ostracized by the
responsible majority. Our recreational enjoyment depends upon
maintaining acceptably clean waterways and a healthy fishery.
Environmental activists on the radical fringes of that movement would
do well to recognize that the average pleasure boater isn't a serious
threat to the eco-system.

But there are constantly MORE of these innocent, average boaters,
vying for space in finite waters. The U.S. population is projected to
exceed 400 million and perhaps 500 million by mid-century. All this
talk of "invasive species" is overlooking the most obvious one. Growth-
addicts accept the constant crowding of natural places as inevitable
progress. Others see it as the mindless suffocation it really is.

I don't see evidence of "responsibility" in a good percentage of the
boating public, especially the PWC crowd. Whether or not they're into
illegal dumping, they lack respect for basic peace & quiet, and are
happy to cause wake intrusions. Fast powerboats should be limited to
areas far offshore, or "white trash" reservoirs that weren't natural
lakes to begin with.

Boaters who complain about having discharges controlled may have more
to hide than they admit. The mere presence of gasoline or diesel
exhaust in or around water is unnatural. I also question the video
clip where he claims fees could be over $1,000 if enacted. Is that per
year, or lifetime?

Of course, Bush's EPA (Environmental Pillaging Agency) isn't eager to
enforce anything that inconveniences people, who are infinitely more
important than nature, even though nature is keeping them alive.

E.A.

http://enough_already.tripod.com/


When animals exceed carrying-capacity we call it overpopulation.
When humans exceed carrying-capacity we call it "economic growth."