Debating with someone about it and this is the response I just got:
well, let me clue you in to the REAL world, ok? in the real world, alaskans care more about jobs than they do about the environment. they care more about exploiting it's resources so they can continue to have jobs and get big fat dividend checks. trust me, i've been an alaskan for 28 years. i know how these idiots work. they continue to support republican politicians who are in the pockets of the oil industry, and many don't care, because many of them work for the oil industry themselves and they don't want to lose their jobs.
left up to the state of alaska, we would rape our land at even a faster pace.
if everyone in every state cared so much about the environment, we wouldn't even be having this discussion, but that's not reality. the reality is the federal government needs to get involved in environmental issues of not only our country but countries around the world. we need to be funding the efforts of the government in south america, who are running down people who are illegally destroying rain forests. we need to join the UN and help pressure other countries to stop destroying the planet.
we need the federal government to be putting laws that affect every company in the country, because what's good for EVERY state and EVERY person is clean air, clean water, healthy forests, healthy animals, and healthy eco systems.
well, let me clue you in to the REAL world, ok? in the real world, alaskans care more about jobs than they do about the environment. they care more about exploiting it's resources so they can continue to have jobs and get big fat dividend checks. trust me, i've been an alaskan for 28 years. i know how these idiots work. they continue to support republican politicians who are in the pockets of the oil industry, and many don't care, because many of them work for the oil industry themselves and they don't want to lose their jobs.
left up to the state of alaska, we would rape our land at even a faster pace.
if everyone in every state cared so much about the environment, we wouldn't even be having this discussion, but that's not reality. the reality is the federal government needs to get involved in environmental issues of not only our country but countries around the world. we need to be funding the efforts of the government in south america, who are running down people who are illegally destroying rain forests. we need to join the UN and help pressure other countries to stop destroying the planet.
we need the federal government to be putting laws that affect every company in the country, because what's good for EVERY state and EVERY person is clean air, clean water, healthy forests, healthy animals, and healthy eco systems.
if Alaskans want to "rape their land" well, that's their choice lol
