Pockets, yes, Rob. But, I'm afraid they're all to few, these days,
and much to cowed by the assault on the kinds of sensibilities we all
need to pay some close attention to for our health, mental and
physical. As the late Claire Booth Luce once said at a lecture when I
asked her why she was such a pessimist. Her answer: "The only
difference, my dear, between an optimist and a pessimist, is that a
pessimist has more experience."
While I'm ever-hopeful, I am not terribly optimistic.
Bernie
>At 6:18 AM -0700 8/18/05, Brian Dasilva wrote:
>>Yuba Pass is that way... A lot of motorcycles but by far the Harleys are =
the
>>worst... Only thing on the road that is "allowed" (?) to run with straig=
ht
>>pipes. They will never ban Harleys as there are a lot more hog riders tha=
n
>>nature recorders.
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>Hi Brian--
>Pragmatically, don't you think there are far more people who enjoy
>quiet than people who will argue the "right" to make "personal"
>disturbances on this scale? Getting the former group to speak up is
>the key. There could be places designated for straight-pipe riding
>and most would see this as reasonable and economically sound. Michael
>Powers is his book , The Economic Pursuit of Quality, argues that the
>move to the suburbs in the US was largely motivated by green values
>and "quiet" is on top of the list. I raised the possibility of
>restricting motorcycle and truck traffic during certain blocks of
>time at a recent workshop at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve preserve and
>people felt it was a very doable with education efforts in place. We
>know that "they" can make good policies when more options are laid
>out--- like this region's decision to keep a smaller two lane highway
>instead of widening the road and the quieter highways you're
>enjoying. Rob D.
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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