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On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, Prime Rat wrote:

> 
> >looked at the vast majority of wrecks as a big junkyard in the ocean. 
> >Wouldn't environmentalists be screaming bloody murder if we left all our car 
> >wrecks on the side of the road instead of towing them to a junkyard? 
> >What' the diff?
> 
> The 'diff' is that wrecks form a substrate for growth of marine life.  Dead 
> cars cars don't, on the whole, promote growth of anything (except maybe 
> crime).  Removal of portholes doesn't matter much to marine invertebrate 
> (unless they are living on them).  Leave the wreck, but take the porthole?
> 
 It's interesting how our views on certain species sort of filters out 
their value of existence. Specifically life around a junked car. What 
about all those rats and mice not to mention innumerable species of insects.
Why do we seem to view anemones as "better" than mice?
Just a thought
r.b.

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