Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less - sorry, not allowed

 

1. My theory is thus: If it isn’t a broadly enough spread animal to survive anywhere, it’s not worth troubling ourselves with. It’s not an animal that helps mankind, why bother saving it.

   Posted by cmblake6       07/12/2008  at  06:14 PM  



2. Blake, it might be an animal that has benefits. I didn’t see where it was not.
   One thing it does prove is the need for regulat forest control known as clear cutting. We have spent billions of dollars protecting forests from fire, when in fact that is natures way of cleaning up its messes. Clear cutting simulates that without the loss of raw materials, so all the money spent reseeding is not lost, those trees will eventually be put to good use.
   That said, There is no reason to allow this bird to stop development of oil resources. The small area of the well site is not enough to make an impact, and frankly, a hundred wells would still be zero impact until the day the wells are no longer used, capped, and the are4as reseeded, at which time they become a benefit for the warbler.
   Some one told me the area of California he grew up in has gas wells in residential neighborhoods, some of which are ritzy. The wells are painted to conform with the locale, and when services are required, the company resods the lawn as soon as they are done. The development moved in well after the wells were set in the 50’s.

   Posted by Jeremy       07/13/2008  at  01:36 PM  



3. Jeremy, were it a viable animal, it would have spread. If it IS a viable animal, it will survive. Our techniques are such now that there is very nearly zero impact, and in certain cases such impact as it has had are positive. It’s not like the old days.

   Posted by cmblake6       07/15/2008  at  12:48 AM  

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