On 9 Jun 2006 12:17:42 -0700, "Beach Runner"
wrote:
Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:53:16 -0700, SMS
wrote:
Beach Runner wrote:
Let's deal with priorities.
1: Stop sales and logging of our National Forests.
2: Stop roads.
3: Stop motorized vehicles.
4: Protect wildlife.
5: Prevent polutants and runoff.
That fighting was started by mountain bikers, who insist on riding
where they don't belong. Tell the truth.
Well, than stop the fighting, there are remendous dangers we all must
unit
against.
1: Selling our national forests for the profit of a select few.
2: Logging and the destruction of habitat, and the loss of the forest.
T
his also increases runoff and erosion.
3: Oil drilling and mining in our forests.
4: Ending motorized vehicles in the parks.
These are critical issues, once lost, cause long term or permanent
devastation.
Let's face it, most people do nothing but use a remote control.
All the human powered activities, use a biki, hike,
run or jog, cross country ski,
and other human powered activities are all healthy and wonderful.
We are witnessing the largest mass extinction in history,
mostly from the loss of habitat.
Mountain biking destroys habitat and teaches kids that the rough
treatment of nature is acceptable. Those are the kids that go on to be
big destroyers of the environment.
Similarly, trees are a carbon sink, preventing global warming
and of course, maintaining soil integrity.
We face a real danger. The enemy is real, powerful, and rich.
Politicians are in the pocket of developers,
industrialists, oil companies and the like, and few care about the
ramifications of their short term profits. The less united, activite,
and motivated we are, the more
everyone will lose. And it won't be just us, it will be
everyone, wildlife, the environment,
and our children and our children's children.
Then stop biking in nature, and the fight will be over. It's really
that simple. That shows where your priorities a you would rather
mountain bike than work with real environmentalists to protect the
environment.
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande