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To: Howard C. who wrote (1165)	12/6/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4686

once again, as I said when this topic was previously raised, I am not making any negative comments about environmentalists. What I am saying is that when you take a subject like this out of the courtroom and bring it into the press you are bringing it into a more emotional and politicized arena. Anything can happen. Also the organized environmental groups in Florida have opposed the permits and settlement in the past. Publicity may re-energize that resistance.

To: Howard C. who wrote (1165)	12/6/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: Edwin S. Fujinaka	Respond to of 4686

Howard,...Everyone is an "environmentalist" in their own backyard. As the Nobel Prize winning economist, Milton Friedman once said, "...What we need is the right amount of pollution." Not zero pollution. We can't afford zero pollution. You can argue against every source of oil, coal, minerals etc on the basis that they somehow distract from a pristine environment. So where do we draw the line? Are you really against all offshore drilling for oil? Is it just in the Gulf of Mexico? Or is it just offshore St Georges Island? I suppose I might agree with the St Georges Island if I lived there...