tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456746777220655920.post3371085628241752063..comments2023-07-12T04:55:32.654-04:00Comments on Toronto is My Town: No Mega-Quarry -- Foodstock ProtestPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909913811643561413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456746777220655920.post-52457004504892592042011-10-23T05:02:36.436-04:002011-10-23T05:02:36.436-04:00It's kind of sad for the farmers who just want...It's kind of sad for the farmers who just want to preserve the land they grew up on. Unfortunately the world is not always a nice place, and we have to deal with reality. There's always going to be trade off though. A bad decision for some will be a prosperous opportunity for others. That's why we have to learn the truth about the world for ourselves.Liquid Independencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327597388297574167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456746777220655920.post-42979006299627337852011-10-17T18:30:58.794-04:002011-10-17T18:30:58.794-04:00It always bothers me how the land is scared by min...It always bothers me how the land is scared by mining and lumbering operations, but not so much as other things bother me because, over time, Nature can heal the wounds mankind creates on the physical Earth.<br /><br />What bothers me more are structures like those abominable "windmills" used for generating electricity. They are an eyesore perhaps like no other, and they kill birds to a degree done probably by no other man-made device including aircraft at airports. <br /><br />I cannot recall the words exactly, but in his novel, "Centennial," James Michener wrote that there is a literal war in progress between those who would destroy the environment and those who would preserve it. He wrote those words more than thirty years ago, and things are only getting worse.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.com