Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (March 2013, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:22:46 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: road to Tuk
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <FF3A7D15-DE5E-4D64-93EF-C6A36DE9B8F9@shaw.ca>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > sounds like southerner talk > > What about the folks who live in Tuk? Are they supposed to be "museum pieces" , living traditional lifestyles for the tourist (fly in) trade? They need jobs, they need food that does not cost a fortune etc, etc. > > And thanks to the folk who live outside of Tuk, the climate is changing so that Tuk might end up being an important seaport. > > But no matter Dave, you can still fly up to Churchill when you want to look at polar bears eh?

Was it the folks of Tuk (I mean all the folks, not just those enamoured of oil production) who chose to have this road, or was it the oil companies? The same oil companies who want to build a pipeline through the U.S. to get oil products to Europe and other distant locales, while claiming that they are making the U.S. independent of foreign oil.

Life is not simple. mcneely

> > :) > > alistair > > > > > > > > On 2013-03-16, at 6:50 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > > Maybe we could just leave some places alone. Oh well, it was a thought, anyway. > >

-- David McNeely


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.