OT - Theoretical biology. WAS: RE: Re[2]: [at-l] Zen Joke

[Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net (Bob C.)]

Hey, Shane, moderation in all things.

Conservatives  tell  me  when  I  argue for educating the world about population
control,  that  "the  entire  world  population could fit in a state the size of
Texas."

That  suggests  to me that we still have plenty of land available for trails and
wild  places, especially in Maine where the trail is mostly surrounded by forest
land  that  until a couple of years ago sold for $200 an acre and now has inched
up to $325 an acre.

We  have yet to stop building highways. Rather we do just the opposite. We build
more  and  more  roads,  and  we  drive  bigger  and  bigger  vehicles so we can
comfortably  reach  the  few  wild  places  past generations were wise enough to
preserve.

We  could  cut down on both expensive highways and expensive cars and reduce the
waste of scarce energy resources, by protecting the wild places that remain near
where people live.

Sorry  for  such  a hasty reply. I could write a book on my beliefs dealing with
this  issue.  But in five minutes I'm due to meet a group that is building a new
trail  to  bypass  an  existing  trail  in  one  of  our  land  trust preserves.
Unfortunately, the existing trail has been destroyed by ATVs.

Weary