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Skriven 2008-11-19 19:12:34 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 23836 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Love that Ecology (was: The New National Anthem)
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Ward Dossche wrote to Ross Cassell on Wednesday November 19 2008 at 08:37:

WD> We are often swamped by the romantics of early indian life on the
WD> plains, too much "Dances With Wolves". It is often omitted that in the
WD> diaries of Lewis and Clark they write that when entering an indian
WD> encampment it is often difficult to see where the dump-area ends and
WD> where the encampment begins. All this talk about respect for Mother
WD> Earth is nice but I can give coordinates on Google Earth where you can
WD> actually see the garbage on reservations today. Historically they were
WD> used to leave everything where they dropped it and then move on to let
WD> nature take care of it.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Saw an amusing TV program the other day
about how the Eskimos were so ecologically correct and so... wondered if
whoever wrote the thing had ever seen how waste is dosposed of in the Antarctic
(not to mention the arctic). No "ecologically pure" inceneration stations there
- just dump the stuff far away from where you live that you don't see it.

Who charters a ship just to take waste back to the temperate zone and burn it?
The Germans might talk about how wonderful that would be, but even they aren't
stupid enough to pay _their_ money for it.

Cheers, Bob

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