Why is it so difficult to simply comply with a request for empirical facts to substantiate your opinion? Conservatives like me want clean air and water, spotted owls and buffalo, the ozone layer preserved and the ecosystem saved. You see, as long as we continue to build and improve homes, buildings and infrastructure, we're gonna need more wood. One poster maintains that the forests are almost gone! Whew! But, OK, how many million acres of forest land remain compared with 100 years ago? Is it less today? Or more? I remember in the early 1970's, when the Alaskan Pipeline was proposed, the caribou would become an endangered species. There are three times as many caribou today than 1970, they apparently like the warmth of the pipeline in their mating process. I gues the environmentalists didn't see that coming. What else do they not see coming? Anyway, lower the shrillness and condescending tone and put some facts up.
