Dirty rivers are certainly a paddling issue, but "conservation" is to broad an issue to be paddling related. Last month the argument was about whether the ACA should associate with Subaru because they were making a vehicle with suboptimum gas mileage. Smog and petroleum usage don't even make the grade as tangential (love that word now) paddling issues. My point is that "conservation" just opens the door for a whole political agenda that some of us don't want to be a part of. Narrow the scope to what are truly paddle related environmental issues and my interest improves considerably. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ....... Don't flip, though. Because the tea color of the water is the result of two paper mills upstream, and if it makes contact with your eyes, your nose, your throat, or any small cuts you might have, it BURNS. Those paper mills are still discharging *today* because nobody has made them stop. They're doing it because, of course, it would put a serious crimp in their profits if they were compelled to treat their wastewater properly. ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 25 2004 - 20:44:02 PST
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