Originally Posted by FXjohn
Nonsense, how do people heat their homes? the heat source pollutes.
Working in a job, manufacturing...it's going to pollute somewhat.
Do you advocate cleaner cars, and using hydrogen/natural gas, or do you just hate the idea of someone turning a key and driving somehere? I suspect you want everyone who lives in the country either be people who grow food and never leave their property, or you want them shipped off to the city so the squirrels can jump from tree to tree in peace. Please give us your ideal US, Bekologist.
And by the way, whoever posted about Sault Ste Marie was right...it goes back to the 1600's..I;ve been there several times and it amazes me that it's been settled.discovered that long.
Usually I'm on these forums boring everybody with tales of how great Michigan is. I didn't have to this time.
Sault Ste. Marie (we call it "the Soo") was the center of Great Lakes trade and economy even before the French arrived. The fur trade was a dramatic period of first contact between two great civilizations. Mackinac Island was the spritual center of that Great Lakes civilization. The Indians staged a lacrosse game outside the American fort, chased the ball inside the gates and captured the fort without firing a single shot. Very clever strategists. They eventually lost that war between old ways and new ways. The story was eventually repeated all over the continent.
Another great confrontation between old and new ways of living is taking place here now. Michigan is faced earlier than other places with the certain decline of petroleum and the possible demise of the family car. Keep your eyes on this state if you want to see what's going to happen in the rest of the country a few years later. It's pretty interesting.