When a valuable fish called the delta smelt--has anybody actually eaten one of these things? I'm taking the California legislators' word that they are valuable--goes into population decline, which of these three major factors would you want to control?
1. Invasive non-native fish that are larger and actually eat the poor little smelts
2. Chemical pollution from wastewater treatment (a human "need" that can be greatly reduced by humans' using dry toilets)
3. Farmers pumping water to irrigate their fruit and vegetable fields
If you picked option 3, you are probably a California environmentalist. Don't catch more of the invasive fish, don't market more Sun-Mar or Clivus toilets; crack down on those farmers, who are contributing to pollution by raising food that might keep humans healthy.
Steve Milloy posted this online editorial from the Wall Street Journal:
http://junkscience.com/2012/02/29/wsj-protecting-endangered-farmers/
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