"Please do not Quote items form "THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS" I am one
American
why does not like the EXTREME hog wast spewed by todays enviromentalist. Have
you
ever seen the area to be used for oil development. It is a vast frozen desert.
Talk about the destruction of the environment sounds like the talk about the caribou
when the Alaska pipe line was built. We now have MORE Caribou than before the
pipeline. Don't make such wild accusations. They are beginning to sound like
background noise." FArmer Paul/
/
Heeere's some more "EXTREME hog wast" for ya, FArmer Paul, from the US
Fish & Wildlife Service(surely they must be incompetent
scientists/conservationists.....as you so vehemently pointed out to us).
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/anwr_fws.htm
/"Although the population of caribou (Central Arctic herd) in the
vicinity of North Slope oil fields increased in the early years of oil
field development, the herd has declined since 1992. The Porcupine
Caribou is expected to decrease in the face of 1002 Area development.
There are fundamental differences between the calving areas of these two
herds. In the case of the Central Arctic herd, there is a greater amount
of alternative calving area available for displaced cows to move to
because the mountains are much farther from the ocean. The 1002 Area is
only one-fifth the size of the area used by the Central Arctic caribou
herd, but six times as many caribou use the 1002 Area. In the Arctic
Refuge, where the mountains are close to the coast, few alternative
areas would be available for displaced cows. Therefore, development in
the 1002 Area would result in: /
* /reduction in the amount and quality of preferred forage available
during and after calving, /
* /restricted access to important coastal insect-relief habitats, /
* /exposure of the herd to higher predation, and /
* /alteration of an ancient migratory pattern, the effects of which
we can not predict "/
/"Data from the Alaska Department of Conservation show that the
Trans-Alaska and Prudhoe Bay oil fields have had an annual average of
409 spills since 1996 of everything from crude oil to acid. Current oil
operations in Alaska's North Slope every year emit about 56,427 tons of
nitrous oxides, which cause smog and acid rain, and release up to
110,000 tons of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global
warming" (Boston Globe 2001). The Prudhoe Bay Complex also emits
11,400,000 metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere per year (Brooks et
al. 1997). This amount is equivalent to the per capita emissions of
approximately two million individuals in the United States."
/
"It is a vast frozen desert"
Thats too bad that your narrow-mindedness does not allow for life to
thrive in an Arctic environment. Such an ignorant view is completely
contrary to the truth.
Some more "hog wast"........
/"In fact, according to FWS, the Arctic Refuge coastal plain contains
the greatest wildlife diversity of any protected area above the Arctic
Circle."
//"The caribou are by no means the only wildlife populations in the
Arctic Refuge. The area's large mammals also include grizzly bears,
polar bears, Dall sheep, wolves, moose, and a herd of rare muskoxen."/
/"The Arctic Refuge's coastal plain provides the most important land
denning habitat for the Beaufort Sea polar bear population........"
//"135 species of birds are known to use the 1002 Area..."
//"About 250 muskoxen live year-round in the 1002 area of the Arctic
Refuge..."/
You see FArmer Paul, conservationists and environmentalists are simply
fighting to preserve that which SUPPORTS life; a healthy Earth. This is
common sense. Why you aggressively disregard this, who knows? Do you
not depend on clean air, water, and land for survival?
Peace
Marc
/
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