Yes, I'm quite disappointed at how much it will detract my attention from the ski cuts on grouse.
:)
Nixon and Harris need to get there heads out of their collective rear ends. "My concern is the environmental impact can't be quantified or known at this stage". "The risk to birds and bats was too great for the project. FFS, get a grip, the first thing that is done for a project of this nature is an environmental impact assessment (EIA or EA)to quantify the the environmental impact. This involves biologists looking at the valued ecological components (such as birds and bats) and assessing if there are any detrimental impacts and the mitigation measures that need to be implemented to protect said VEC's.
If Nixon was truly worried about birds and bats then he should try and ban bloody cats from the north shore (and I have three of the damn things), remove high rise buildings with glass and ban all automobiles.
TNIMBY has now been replaced by BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere, but I still want to run my air conditioning all summer…and god forbid I should have to pay any extra for it.
Shit I hate this pseudo science knee jerk bollox.
some better information can be found here:
http://www.alternet.org/story/15900/
As for the aesthetics, just turn around and look at the east end of Vancouver, and get over it.
Damn, guess I need my morning shot of caffeine.
Please let me demonstrate the ride around; really it's no trouble.