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What the hell, I haven't been flamed in quite a while... > 1) An artificial reef not only acts as a recreational resource for divers > but replaces critical nursery habitate which has been destroyed by coastal > development. The obvious solution being: stop the destruction by coastal development. The creation of artificial reefs is only a band-aid solution that simply prolongs the problem. It buys us more time but only by shifting the cost (this time to metal availability which currently isn't a problem). And when this cost becomes a problem we'll look for another band-aid. Some day there will be no band-aids left. The proper solution is to change what is causing the problem in the first place. Treat the disease and not the symptoms. > The latesest studies show how these reefs support the first year > class of many species including commercially viable species such as lobster > and sea bass. Our fisheries are crashing and if we are going to support > renewable resources, artificial reefs provide an excellent start. Again, treat the disease. The problem is that these resources are over- fished. We take, take, take until there isn't anything left. How many lakes do you know of that used to be loaded with fish and are now empty? Why not look for other sources of food and adapt our culture to work with the environment? And this is only one example of how our "food- culture" is destroying our resources. We aren't destroying rain-forests for the wood. People simply have to learn that we can't have everything we want. One way or another it's going to disappear. So give me a box of those battle- ship razor-blades. Hell, I'll pay extra for them. They might even last longer. ;-) Devon
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