[Wuli]

it seems to me that many “environmental” policies are often the source of much environmental damage - why?

they are usually advocated by academics, they usually deal with statistics - particularly on what MIGHT happen if an action is taken while ignoring both the practical consequences or experienced-time-tested instinct of unintended consequences of not taking that action

malaria could have been wiped out in africa today were it not for the ban on ddt

[moondoggie]

The worst the environmentalists have done is to stop logging and the healthy thinning of the trees in all of our nation*s forests.

Roadless wildnernesses areas was another dumb idea, IMO.