Re: NFC: Re: "The Burbs"

[jake levi <jlevi_us at yahoo_com>]

Too true.

California has never been known for acting
responsibly.
jake
--- Wally Billingham
<wallybillingham at wallybillingham_com> wrote:
> They will care when the water runs out. They thought
> losing power was bad,
> what about having no water?
> 
> Wally
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jake levi <jlevi_us at yahoo_com>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: NFC: Re: "The Burbs"
> 
> 
> > Then you remember Escondido as a pretty little
> town.
> > My big complaint is the irrigating of ornamentals
> for
> > artificial aesthetics. I also still get heartburn
> from
> > the irrigated cotton around Phoenix. The oranges
> of
> > orange cnty have been yanked out and replaced with
> > higher selling avocadoes which are now over
> producing
> > so they trash millions of lbs every year. Urban
> sprawl
> > is another major mess and its also drawing down
> the
> > aquifirs.
> >
> > and no-one gives a damn. at least not enough to do
> > anything about or for it. The politicians are the
> last
> > ones who are going to open thier yellow
> mealymouths.
> > jake
> > --- David Meyers <dmeyers at salts_navy.mil> wrote:
> > > It isn't just Southern California...
> > > Take a look at Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tuscon.
> > > Take a look at the rice fields of northern
> > > California, the cotton fields of
> > > Central Califonia, the tomatoes out in Yuma -
> these
> > > are all damaging the
> > > environment in one way or another.
> > > Urban sprawl in Georgia and the Carolinas around
> > > every lake and river...
> > > Hawaii itself...enough exotics there to ensure
> mass
> > > extinction...
> > > We can go on and on, the problem is sprawl -
> instead
> > > of recycling land -
> > > urban blight areas, we find it easier to go to
> > > undeveloped or agricultural
> > > land to build...away from all that.  When I
> first
> > > showed up in San Diego in
> > > 66, it was mostly farm and ranch land, and the
> > > problems you detail below,
> > > were quite insignificant - that has all changed
> now.
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/12/02 6:55 AM, "jake levi"
> <jlevi_us at yahoo_com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Arlus, one correction,
> > > > you should have written all of Southern
> California
> > > and
> > > > much of Central. The irrigation of ice plants
> and
> > > > other exotics on highway medians is a
> disgrace.
> > > > California has a 'mediteranean' climate and
> they
> > > want
> > > > it to be Hawaii.
> > > > The water isnot there to do it so they are
> > > draining
> > > > much of the western aquifer for ornamental
> > > irrigation.
> > > >
> > > > The national disgrace is about to become a
> > > national
> > > > disaster.
> > > > jake
> > > > --- Arlus Farnsworth <arlusf at cwnet_com> wrote:
> > > >> Just a quick comment... suburbia is known to
> > > replace
> > > >> native vegetation
> > > >> with imported exotics, usually not palatable
> to
> > > >> local wildlife needs,
> > > >> hence an ornamental desert functionally.
> Green
> > > lawns
> > > >> in the desert is a
> > > >> perfectly horrid extreme of this mentality.
> Case
> > > in
> > > >> point, the city
> > > >> state and country of LA.
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> And this all started out because the project
> is
> > > >> REPLACING the wetlands and a
> > > >>> rookery
> > > >>> SamB
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Boo
> > > >>> I dont see the 'burbs being trashed into
> garbage
> > > >> dumps
> > > >>> at quite the same rate as the 'low cost
> housing
> > > >>> developments'.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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