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Originally Posted by jetskier
I laud your optimism and it seems like it is a worthwhile outlook for bad times. When times change people opt for more cost effective alternatives. The lake is an amazing resource; however, unless it is your full time home the economic impacts are more profound. It takes gas to drive here etc...
I find out political leader guilty of neglect rather than malevolence.
Jetskier
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You are right, it's different if you don't live near the lake. But anything is an amazing resource if you stare at it long enough while thinking of something funny. I was just about to say the only place that's not an amazing resource would be a desert, but then I remembered a magazine article I read about how many people in the desert are glad they get enough sunshine to make good use of solar energy solutions. Instead of loon songs and lapping lakewater, the desert puts on some of the country's most amazing lightning shows after dark, silhouetting the saguaros....
With regard to neglect by our current leader(s), your opinion is well-supported, but one thing very few people are saying very loudly is the fact that the real neglect occurred in the 1970s, when the oil crisis should've been a wakeup call to better preparedness when we still had time. But everyone went right back to an oil-guzzling lifestyle once it all blew over. The mentality was, "We'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it." Well, here it is...
Enjoy your fish sandwich - you've made me hungry just thinking about it!