MengCiao -> RE: Imagine if Green Peace had been around in WW2 (11/9/2004 5:45:23 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Feinder All those tankers that got torpedoed... or every time a ship went down... Not all of that oil burns off, and it's got to go somewhere. And all those small airfields built on atolls, those are coral reefs were talking about! Digging out an airfield from a live reef! Imagine the outcry from Green Peace! Or having a vessal get sunk nearby, with all that oil leaking out, corrupting the place! Not that I'm sympathizing. You do what you have to do. I don't believe in pulling punches. But I'd bet it would make an interesting Master's Thesis on "The environmental impact of war in Truk lagoon." I know Truk is now a Mecca for divers, and quite nice. Does that mean that our environment is more resiliant than we give it credit for, all the crying over oil-spills is over-rated? (* trolls *) -F- You're forgetting: 1) the "environment" is not only largely destroyed, but what little is left is only a crappy, impoverished version of what the world was like before it was totally trashed from pole to pole 2) WWII did have the immense benefit of stopping whaling for a few years. Whale populations exploded while mankind was busy blowing up whaling ships.
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