Thanks Wilax, you sound halfway intelligent yourself! ;) I have to agree that even as a jetskier, I don't particularly like their whiny noise. If you could make a quieter one, I would actually buy it, even if it were a few more $$. Just one more point on the environment issue some folks have read. I will concede that jetskis can be harmful to the environment simply because they can go places motorboats can't (ie. skinny water). I have unfortunately scared wildlife by accident simply because of my presence (even at controlled speeds). Of course birds and deer will also flee from paddlers, but it is not quite so dramatic. However, taken to extreme the anti-environment argument just doesn't fly. Think about it, don't you drive a car and pollute and use natural resources just to get to a nice place to paddle? If you aren't using mass transportation - or better human power - you are also guilty of unnecessarily endangering the environment! How about that air conditioning you are blasting while driving to that nice spot? I believe all cars (unlike new refrigerators) still use freon which is harmful to the ozone layer! But I can live with total bans on motors! Of course it won't be in every body of water, but I do like human powered lakes as well as the next person! As for wasteful cars, I'm probably more guilty than the next guy! My 96 Mustang Cobra challenges your 60's muscle car for bad fuel consumption - 16 mpg! Oh well, I guess I'm just becoming a libertarian in my old age. As another poster said, if Big Brother starts in on jetskis today, it might be your kayaks tomorrow! I mean geez, my county actually taxes my damn dogs! - Scott WILAX_at_aol.com wrote: > > Hmmm, articulate, well thought out, reasonable reasoning....are you SURE you > own a jetski? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 14 1998 - 18:33:44 PDT
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