Well, until we enter utopia where we all drive cars outfitted with "Mr. Fusion", the petroleum has to come from somewhere. I realize that no one wants to have it imported, no one wants it drilled near them and no one wants to have it drilled for anywhere in this country. But, it has to come from somewhere. BTW, so-called wind power proponents don't want wind farms around Nantucket either - now who do you suppose lives there?

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman .xmission. com]On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:48 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: camping

Joe Bauman wrote:

...

PS: Another thing that was really annoying about my trip to

Island in

...

the Sky this year is that while the public is forbidden from driving off the beaten track or camping anywhere other than that awful designated spot, in the same vicinity there were oil rigs and clusters of buildings, trucks and drilling gear. -- Joe

Isn't that an example of what the "equal use" movement is pushing for? Maybe you should have put a Halliburton sign on your car and you could parked wherever you wanted...

Patrick

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