Contrary to what anti-growth advocates would have you believe, we now plant many more trees than we harvest. In 1990 alone, about a million acres of those trees were planted on farm and other private land. A word about water Anti-growth extremists worry that we are running out of water. There is the same amount of water on the planet now as there ever was. It can't get off.
Nature endlessly recycles it through evaporation and precipitation . . .
California was so low on water a few years ago, the state implemented numerous water-saving measures, which failed to reverse the situation. Still, it's is a good thing they are building new sea walls along parts of the Drive. Water levels will eventually rise. Both man and nature are far more resourceful than the anti-growth activists can possibly understand. Return to September 1999 contents .