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To: TimF who wrote (150798)	9/3/2002 1:38:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586096

Sorry, Tim, but there are people who don't give a sht, and don't care if the air is so dirty you can cut it with a knife. Thats probably true but not really important as such people are very few and very far between and because the air isn't that bad, and in fact by most measures (with the obvious exception of ozone) is getting better. Tim, the air was improving. It may not be now. And you think the air isn't that bad?!! Why do you think lung cancer and other lung related diseases are on the increase? Because our air is so great? When I went to school out East, they talked about how the pollution in the St. Lawrence Seaway was hurting the Beluga whales. Since these incredible white whales were threatened, there was all this talk of cleaning up the Seaway. Wrong again.......apparently, conditions have improved only slightly and the population of the Belugas is down to 800 whales. Their cancer rate is skyrocketing. Even with the locals dependent on the Belugas and the tourists they bring in, not enough has been done to fix the Seaway's problems. Its disgusting. But its people like you that say the Seaway pollution isn't that bad.......the sky isn't falling. Well you know what, it is. And rather than spend the money on more WMD, I'd rather see it spent on cleaning up the Seaway. Here we are one of the most advanced and wealthiest countries in the world, and we can't keep our major waterways from looking like psspots. But we sure as hell have enough nukes and conventional weapons to blow up this planet a 1000 times over [and don't correct me]. Its a disgrace. However there are a lot of people who want to deal with the issue rationally and balancing economic costs, costs to our freedom and environmental benefit rather then run around like Chicken Little saying the sky is falling and that any measure that might reduce pollution or CO2 emissions, now matter how expensive or restrictive is a good idea. Any solution that reduces pollution is a good idea........and hang the cost!!!!!!!!!! We'll take it out of the defense budget!!!!!!!!!! ted