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Originally Posted by Islander

I prefer to stay in my neighborhood and see to it that standards of safety, environment and water purity are maintained. It's the people that are introducing faster, larger, noisier, polluting boats that must be kept from moving into this neighborhood.

Five states have banned recreational power boating on all drinking water sources. Many more have horsepower limits on their drinking water sources. Mass has a 10 hp limit on reservoirs. Even with MTBE free gas being sold on the lake it can be introduced by trailer boaters. MBTE attacks the central nervous system. And there are other pollutants in gas besides MTBE.

NH is one of the few states that allow unrestricted power boating on drinking water sources.

That explains a lot...

and to think, we have the environmentalists to thank for its usage.

Thanks...

and its replacement, ethanol, is increasing the food prices and raising havoc with combustion engine fuel systems.

Thanks, again...