Hello Richard, My comments about the military were actually from recalling a story about the reserves having to operate equipment during their annual duty (prior to having to actually serve in a conflict). One local commander allowed the operators skills and equipment use to be applied toward environmental service. In this case it was win-win-win. The troops served their duty, the equipment went to good use, and the community profited from a well-planned cooperative action. So as an exemplary project, it showed that men (women) in service could be more than war-based. In the mythological sense, Mars is the god of war AND the protector of the fields. Trivia, to be sure, but from whence are our beliefs born?
Best wishes, Peggy In response to Peggy. Use of the Army or Air Force for Civil works is dicey from the politics of the Civil War. There is a legacy feeling that the Feds should stay out of the way for things that counties could do for themselves. But then the counties don't do those things anyway. What is a poor citizen to do? Check out this link for posse comitatus. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/comrel/factfile/Factcards/PosseComitatus.htm l Posse Comitatus Act Source: G-OPL "POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by Constitution or Congress. <<SNIP>> Most States are still trying to recover from "Navigable Waterways" laws which gave the Army Corps of Engineers defacto control of much of the land in the United States. The term "execute the laws" is tightly guarded by states and even more tightly interpreted. However, I think Peggy is on the right track. Beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. The military academies are probably the only schools that had a curriculum to support environmental goals. But even the Academies have abandoned the environmental track. Also of interest is the Whiskey Rebellion and Advisory Boards, if you want to explore the policies. --- Peggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Ross, > > The pentagon can actually do a lot of good. Please > recall an ultimate > task that can be assigned to a new age army > (military forces)... > policing environmental issues--making positive > changes via engineering > and brute strength to benefit citizens. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
