tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post6015025910236022860..comments2023-10-26T08:26:21.572-04:00Comments on The Jolly Green General: Local Water IssuesJim caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08951841123149476854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post-65949504823626184382009-03-20T10:19:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:19:00.000-04:00Responding to Booby Thomas, I think you are right ...Responding to Booby Thomas, I think you are right about people acting the same way they always have. Why are people going to change there behavior of building on ocean front property, when they receive all of the benefit, yet bear none of the cost? It all comes down to placing a higher cost on this behavior. Without applying an economic incentive for a behavioral change the future of water Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post-50163602267167813562007-12-04T11:05:00.000-05:002007-12-04T11:05:00.000-05:00This reading certainly made me look at some of the...This reading certainly made me look at some of the things I do on the coast quite differently. At this point, just the thought of swimming in our waters disgusts me! Also, before I was simply infuriated at people who didn't pick up after their dogs because that increased the chances of me stepping in it or having to stop so my dog could sniff it. Now, I'm just completely disgusted by it and have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post-79229148549124760462007-11-29T10:05:00.000-05:002007-11-29T10:05:00.000-05:00It is funny as I am an EVS major, and to think tha...It is funny as I am an EVS major, and to think that we are going to stop these problems is ridiculous to me. People want to do the better good, but they are going to have their ocean front property and when it comes down to it they don't care if they pollute or not as long as they have that view. It is a nice thought to think that we could clean up our act, but that would honestly mean that ourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post-69879061019439595972007-11-27T11:39:00.000-05:002007-11-27T11:39:00.000-05:00P.P.S. I'm never swimming again either. Even in a ...P.P.S. I'm never swimming again either. Even in a swimming pool; much less the ocean or public waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This class has ruined my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35974543.post-31240171518761774762007-11-27T11:35:00.000-05:002007-11-27T11:35:00.000-05:00We are going to have to start punching holes in al...We are going to have to start punching holes in all impervious cover. I volunteer. It would be great stress relief. And outlaw pets all together.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Thanks for the heads up; I'm never eating shellfish again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com