tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6033373901401089284..comments2024-03-29T08:01:26.952-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: It's enough to make anyone an environmentalist . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45381611393634052762011-10-27T23:00:09.283-05:002011-10-27T23:00:09.283-05:00Environmental regs are one of the difficult areas ...Environmental regs are one of the difficult areas if one is inclined, as I am myself, to 'hands-off' government. It is, on a human time-scale, easier and more lucrative to simply dump into the nearby river or woods. The vast majority of those whose lives are governed by capitalism, industry, urban/suburban environments, and agri-business have neither a financial nor a time incentive to clean up tailings, reduce fertilizer run-off, create riparian corridors or a million other things. The actual impact, for example of dumping that can of paint in the woods, is incremental and generally not obvious within a decade or two. On the other hand by illegally dumping the paint the individual has the immediate benefit of saving the money of the hazardous waste disposal fee. Yes, you Know you aren't supposed to, but that is sort of like the person on a diet, they Know they shouldn't have another beer, but just one won't hurt right?<br />Honestly, the almost the only people I have ever encountered who 'got' the concept of true stewardship of the land, (i.e. that the goal is to leave to your grandchildren a piece of land in better health than when you got it with as many options of use from wildlife habitat, to aesthetics, to farming, to lumber) are those whose family had lived on that same piece of land for generations or who intended to pass the land onto the next generation of their family. I should also add that some of the big lumber companies have become incredibly good stewards of their land; studying why and how would be a useful lesson. Otherwise, environmental stewardship remains a constant balance between immediate individual benefit and a long term social benefit. And frankly, while I would like to be a libertarian, my experience suggests that the immediate always wins, especially if money is involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22893830800340149402011-10-27T10:18:06.442-05:002011-10-27T10:18:06.442-05:00No sense of scale, several taken at obviously indu...No sense of scale, several taken at obviously industrial treatment ponds. Propaganda. Great photography but with so little context it is meaningless.<br /><br />MCastrodominanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755650141521881006noreply@blogger.com