Re: [at-l] No Bud for the Owen's

[Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>]

Malcolm Fuller wrote:

> Jim Owen wrote:
>
> > There is no "ultimate" solution - other than eliminating
> > backcountry access for "everyone".  But I think there are
> > ways to educate the slobs and make them feel at least some
> > degree of guilt when they drop the beer cans from their
> > ATV or horse.
>
> <sigh>
>
> As much as this pains my minarchist heart to say this,
> there likely *is* at least a partial solution to your
> beer can problem. Get a bottle deposit law passed in the
> western states, assuming they don't already have one.

I agree. I lived in Michigan when they initiated the $.10 deposit in the
late '70s. Almost instantly, there was a difference. Not only in cans
and bottles, but in paper trash as well. I'd strongly support a
nationwide 'bottle bill'.


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Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/




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