TarynToo wrote:
Snip >But you can't expect to live on a flood plain, or a sand bar, or a >muddy hillside, or a dry pine forest, and be safe. Should governments >issue building permits in swamps? Should insurance companies write fire >policies on wooden houses in pine forests? Flood policies on swamps and >flood plains? Should governments try to control mighty rivers from >headwaters to delta, destroying wetlands and buffering swamp? Should >governments dredge millions of tons of sand back onto the beaches of >Miami every time a hurricane scours them out? > > On a similar note I remember reading about how construction of homes, buildings and even schools is being done right on top of the San Andreas fault in California. One of the criterea for the house I bought was that it be cloe to a high point of land in my area. I would never buy or build in a flood plain or sea coast (unless it was solid rock with high cliffs), avalanche or mudslide area etc etc etc. Despite all of our wonderful scientific knowledge we cannot ever believe we are above Nature (with a capital N) to do so is foolhardy. Joe _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
