Sure, there was a major clean-up after the Exxon Valdez and alot of recovery has taken place....but, back to normal in under 10 years? Where are you getting your info? Its now been over 20 years- and its still not back to the way it was before the spill. Talk to people who live around Valdez, and they tell of oil underneath the sand and rocks around many spots in Prince William Sound. The population of orca's and sea otters has not rebounded signficantly and the regions herring fishery crashed. Plus, the human cultural impact has been huge due to the constant stess associated with litigation over the spill.
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You think from one picture that is edited you now know who you're talking to? You think that since you've seen someone with fists, you know who I am? Your logic is very flawed. I have done all the talking, and you have done nothing but disagree. You haven't said anything yet about your opinions, just disagreed. I am now going to ask you where you stand on these issues, although it looks to me like we need a new topic, because I haven't seen BP mentioned since 2 pages ago.
"98% of farms are family-owned"
That makes no difference. Yes, they are mostly family owned, that has no bearing on their size, and most of them sell to the Big Boys. Cargill is a massive food company, and they quaintly call themselves "Family Owned".
Here it is from a different angle.
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“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
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"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
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Yes, Exactly Right, Here is a good article ,
Snippet,
By Yereth Rosen – Thu May 13, 4:44 pm ET
Anchorage, Alaska – Two decades after the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground and ripped open its cargo tanks, the spill still marks Alaska's environment. Pockets of fresh crude are buried in beaches scattered around Prince William Sound and segments outside it, in isolated spots along more than 1,200 miles of coastline that received oil in 1989.
The discovery confounded earlier predictions that remnant crude would quickly weather and disperse as waves washed it into the sea.
"At this rate, the remaining oil will take decades and possibly centuries to disappear entirely," concluded the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, the federal-state panel that administers the $900 million civil settlement struck in 1991 between the governments and Exxon for natural resource damages.
Continued @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/299887
I enjoy honest debate. It's the bull$hit and unsupported allegations of fact that I can do without.![]()
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
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OK, close up I can see it isn't. But this isn't the same pic, is it?
Ken: I have references... But most of what I say is common sense. Mega-farms can BE sustainable, but it is easier and better yet on the environment to have local food the main course. Even large sustainable farms have to have their food shipped all over.
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
He’s a journalism professor at UC Berkley. His formal training has been in journalism and English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan
It seems that he is a wee bit of a radical that thinks the lifestyles of those that do not live as he sees fit are not worthy of consideration. It seems as though he would be happier if somebody or something controlled the way others behaved.
http://www.grist.org/article/pollan/
Just my thoughts on the cited reference.
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