[carlo3b]

right now Bush is only opening up this to build roads..

Yeah, roads to the other 364,997,000 acres.. :)

[NeonKnight]

Actually, road building is a byproduct of logging...or vis-a-vis. When you cut down trees in a row, yet eventually get something resembling a road.

These roads are eco-insignificant. If unused, 20 years after they're done, you will hardly be able to tell they were ever there.

If a road is built in the middle of nowhere, and nobody ever uses it, is it really there?

More importantly. If a road is built in the middle of nowhere, and it puts food on a families table, is it worth it?