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Re: Acid Rain

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Karpa-Wilson" <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Acid Rain
>
>
>>
>> >Burning high-sulphur fuels probably has some pretty serious effects on
>> >precipitation downwind from it. Of course the world magnitude is utterly
>> >trivial when compared to a major volcanic eruption, but that still
>doesn't
>> >mean some people should have any right to mess up other peoples'
>property.
>> >Arranging proper means of compensation tends to have far better end
>results
>> >than forming up another army of jack-booted thugs to "plan and regulate"
>> >things.
>>
>> And who but the government has the force to ensure this?  As it is
>> compensation virtually never happens.  Also, major volcanic eruptions are
>> one offs which disappate over time, unlike coal plants.
>>
>
>How about on going in the USA for the past 17 or so years?  Vast amounts of
>Sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid are being produced everyday that the
>lava enters the ocean in Hawaii...
>MTF
>

By volcanic standards Kilauea is pretty small.  When Mauna Loa blows it top
1000 feet off, let me know.

This is sort of akin to Reagan's statement that "trees pollute".  What the
hell, let's just dump toxins everywhere,  we won't live to worry about it
any way, particularly if we do it.

Doug


Happy your kids don't have cancer?  Thank an environmentalist!


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