[stravinskyrules]

Demands for environmentally sensitive development are not unreasonable. I lived in Northern Maine where the lumber clear cutting in the 70's and the 80 was appalling; a rape of the land in the worst sense of the word. I also have been part of a response against the strip mining and clear cutting in Montana.

We can get these resources; we ned to get these resources, but the companies have the ability now to use a little technological innovation and environmentally sound policies to obtain them.

it's in the companies own best interest to maintain the land and keep a small environmental footprint.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

it's in the companies own best interest to maintain the land and keep a small environmental footprint.

Of course it must be environmentally friendly and economical .... Duh.

I found the article kinda strange. It seemed to imply that there were crazed drillers who wanted to drill even if it was uneconomical and violated our environmental laws.

[lexusppd]

"I lived in Northern Maine where the lumber clear cutting in the 70's and the 80 was appalling; a rape of the land in the worst sense of the word."

My understanding was that lumber companies planted trees to replace those they cut down. Lumber is a fully renewable resource which I believe(ed) was being in fact replaced. Are you saying this wasn't being done in Maine?