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<blockquote data-quote="jeff" data-source="post: 541" data-attributes="member: 25">Not to sound like a pro-eco whacko or anything... but...Do we really want to allow drilling for oil in nature preserves? I'm all for opening up the land to the public, but I don't want to open it up for rich &quot;folk&quot; so they can bleed it dry and make another bazillion bucks doing it. Tearing up vast amounts of Utah land to extract more coal seems pretty bass ackwards. WTF do we need more coal for? This is 2001 and we still need coal? I can't imagine why my tax money should be spent to subsidize a coal burning powerplant. The whole Bush administration delaying the new standard for arsenic in the water scares me too - do we open up all this land and then pollute ourselves to death? I don't for a second claim to be in tune with how the new &quot;republican&quot; government plans on using this &quot;monument&quot; land - but I know that drilling off the coast of California sucks, and that burning coal is about as environmentally friendly as dumping toxic waste in your drinking water.How about telling the damn auto companies it's time to release all that top secret high tech gadgetry that allows for 500HP and returns 50MPG?Go ahead - rip me and my post to shreds... I deserve it - <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeff, post: 541, member: 25"] Not to sound like a pro-eco whacko or anything... but... Do we really want to allow drilling for oil in nature preserves? I'm all for opening up the land to the public, but I don't want to open it up for rich "folk" so they can bleed it dry and make another bazillion bucks doing it. Tearing up vast amounts of Utah land to extract more coal seems pretty bass ackwards. WTF do we need more coal for? This is 2001 and we still need coal? I can't imagine why my tax money should be spent to subsidize a coal burning powerplant. The whole Bush administration delaying the new standard for arsenic in the water scares me too - do we open up all this land and then pollute ourselves to death? I don't for a second claim to be in tune with how the new "republican" government plans on using this "monument" land - but I know that drilling off the coast of California sucks, and that burning coal is about as environmentally friendly as dumping toxic waste in your drinking water. How about telling the damn auto companies it's time to release all that top secret high tech gadgetry that allows for 500HP and returns 50MPG? Go ahead - rip me and my post to shreds... I deserve it - :) [/QUOTE]

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