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Subject: Re: Trans-atmospheric vehicle
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 09:57:38 EST
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In article <[MC.LCS.MIT.EDU].768142.851229.KFL> you write:
>  If environmentalists wish to improve our environment, they should
>concern themselves primarily with smoking.  Automobiles and alcohol
>would be tied for a distant second.  And burning coal would be a very
>distant third.  Nothing else is even in the running.
>								...Keith
I think you are equating improving the environment with reducing the
death rate of humans.  This is not the main thrust of the environmental
movement.  Improving the quality of human life and maintaining a balanced
ecosystem are closer to the goals as I see them.  Automobiles are 
certainly a problem here, but tobacco, autos and alcohol are primarily
human health risks.  If you really want something to worry about in the
realm of both environmental quality and human health, consider the future
of the water resources of the planet.  
Nemo

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