Walter, thank you for confirming my suspicions of the downside of this. Here, the fracking would occur on the banks of the Wisconsin River, and the danger of its contamination looms. It is crazy. As Freud observed, humans have two subconscious drives - eros, to live, and thanatos, to die. It is always a race between the two; of late, it seems thanatos is gaining on eros. Thanks for your update. Yes, the Great Lakes are a vital resource. Americans, and Canadians too, live in an illusion of endless natural resources. There are, however, limits (conservative word, concept there); we are approaching them. In our Anglo-Saxon heritage the story of Robin Hood sums up the popular culture. It goes like this. Robin lives in the forest preserve, the king's forest; of course, anything associated with the king is bad. Hence, conservation, reservation of natural resources by the king, aka the state, is bad. You get the drift. Thanks for listening. I am grateful to be able to share. Paul
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