Ebbie: That's a good question. I neglected to mention wolves. Sorry. I wish I had first hand knowledge, but I don't. I know that wolves are not endangered, not even close. Many years ago I knew a guy who worked for the US government in monitoring pipeline impact on wildlife. At the time, over ten years ago, he said that wolves were using parts of the structures as blinds, in other words, it was helping the wolves. That was some time ago and I don't know what the current theory is.

SRS: I don't disagree with you. I covered it to a small extent under my 'political' entry. My current take on what it's going to take to get this country on an efficiency / conservation kick is that it will happen when the price of energy goes up, stays up, and the prognosticators offer no relief. It's $ that make the world go round, after all.