Perverting science for politics

[Aliantha]

No tw, my eyes did not glaze over until I started reading your post. Unlike you I recognize that there are good and bad points to everything.

The EPA is not interested in helping people create a sustainable earth unless it happens to benefit their cause, hence the ignition switch changes etc.

What I'm talking about are the people in the organization who have an extreme view of how the environment should be 'managed' which is not conducive to human development.

Yes the EPA serves a valuable purpose, but no, they should not have the final say with regard to the environment and how it is managed. Hence my suggestion of an independant scientific body. They are there to protect the environment which is great, however their methods of protecting the environment can lead to devastating consquences, as seen with their involvement in legislating the boundaries for the uses of various areas of the great barrier reef.

The proposals put forward by the EPA and then implimented in this case have led to bankruptcy, domestic violence and suicide to name a few of the negative impacts.

Incidentaly, who do you think benefited from the harsh legislation surrounding this issue?

Greenies world wide along with the Qld and Federal government of Australia. Do you have any idea how much money they make from tourism and how little they make from the fishing industry?