"We need to preserve the remaining farmland and forests or we will eventually be in the same position with their products that we are now in with imported oil."
One man's sprawl is another man's opportunity. Man, you've been drinking the Kool Aid! Cut back, LOL!
I live in Dane County, Wisconsin. The liberals here are constantly telling us that our county is over-developed. In the entire COUNTY, only FOUR percent of it is considered "developed." And Dane County is the MOST populated (outside of Milwaukee County), as it holds our State Capitol, all the Hippies and the University of Wisconsin!
http://www.co.dane.wi.us/aboutdc/dcmap.htm
Have you ever been to Long Island, NY?