Everything wrong with the current environmental movement is here, conveniently distilled into one remarkable story.
h/t Beck
related: when Druids attack (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Birkenstocks).*
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Similar to the “Northern Spotted Owl” bull-crap that killed the logging industry out here in the Pacific Northwest. Supposedly a very localized species, and only able to live in old growth trees and pristine, unlogged forests, now it turns out it is the same species that lives all along the West coast and interior of Northern Alaska all the way down to the tip of Argentina, and can live comfortably in old tires, new timber, old growth, metal sheds, your grandpa’s discarded Model A, etc. etc. etc. What a crock of crap. The strategy the enviro-nutters have hit upon in localizing otherwise widespread and unendangered species has been brilliant, and very destructive. Next up on the EPA’s list: That specific type of earthworm that has been “scientifically proven” to live only in Sharkman’s backyard (right where he was going to build the in-ground swimming pool, spa, cabana, and wet-bar [with attached mini-brothel]). Damnit! My plans dashed yet again!!!!!
This year the Saskatchewan Dept of Highways was fined by the feds for destruction of fish habitat – in creek beds that usually go dry in the summer.
Back in college, a friend had a poster in his room which read, “Preserve the Spotted Owl,” and had a picture of an owl in a jar of formaldehyde.
Just thought I’d share.
Of course this nonsense has all the counter-productive effects that stupid legislation usually has. If you find a chartreuse-cockaded guttersnipe on your land, you shoot it, bury the carcass and keep schtum. P. J. O’Rourke drew the following analogy: say you discover a Rembrandt in your attic, and the Government says you can’t sell it; instead you have to display it on your property and provide access to the public at your expense, but if it gets damaged you’re going to jail. How long do you hesitate before lighting up the barbecue?