Please Help the World's Rarest Butterfly

Thu Jul 27 17:16:45 EDT 2000

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Robert Dana wrote:

> Paul, I think that's Silicone Mountain - the Valley is Silicon.
>
> >>> Paul Cherubini <cherubini at mindspring.com> 7/25/00 8:28:05 AM >>>
> John MacGregor wrote:
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > Just curious.  What are you implying?  That the people trying to save the
> > butterfly stand to make money from conserving it?
>
> Absolutely. That's why the butterfly activists target pricey real estate projects
> in wealthy areas like the ritzy Palos Verdes Pennisula of California, the
> movie star owned Malibu  coast of California, the ultra wealthy Silicone Valley
> of California etc. They know developers in these areas can afford to be hit with
> six figure "habitat restoration" or mitigation measures from which they
> derive five figure consulting jobs and other spin off income.
>
> Activists would not care much about the Palos Verdes Blue if it's habitat
> was in some slum district of Los Angeles. Therre's no money there for
> them to harvest.
>
> Paul Cherubini

Very cheap shot indeed, Paul.  As for myself, I would care.  By the way, the "wealthy
Silicone Valley" you mention is indeed a spelling error. Robert says "Silicone
Mountain", but I fail to recall any such place.  The real problem is not that, but
rather the well-known fact that the developments that do so much damage to the
populations of endangered species do occur in areas where people will want to be.
When is the last time you wanted to live or work in Watts, South Los Angeles or any
other low-income or high-crime neighborhood?  By the way, I don't know whether any of
the researchers on the P V Blue project is deriving any income  from the project.  It
is entirely possible that every one of them be working on this entirely out of their
own pockets: not one of them has ever mentioned anything of the sort at our local
entomologists' meetings (at least I haven't heard anything; several of us belong to
the same Societies -- Lorquin, NABA, etc) as they do, and we meet regularly.

Pierre A Plauzoles
sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com

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Robert Dana wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Paul, I think that's Silicone Mountain - the Valley
is Silicon.
<p>>>> Paul Cherubini &lt;cherubini at mindspring.com> 7/25/00 8:28:05 AM
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<br>John MacGregor wrote:
<br>>
<br>> Paul,
<br>>
<br>> Just curious.&nbsp; What are you implying?&nbsp; That the people
trying to save the
<br>> butterfly stand to make money from conserving it?
<p>Absolutely. That's why the butterfly activists target pricey real estate
projects
<br>in wealthy areas like the ritzy Palos Verdes Pennisula of California,
the
<br>movie star owned Malibu&nbsp; coast of California, the ultra wealthy
Silicone Valley
<br>of California etc. They know developers in these areas can afford to
be hit with
<br>six figure "habitat restoration" or mitigation measures from which
they
<br>derive five figure consulting jobs and other spin off income.
<p>Activists would not care much about the Palos Verdes Blue if it's habitat
<br>was in some slum district of Los Angeles. Therre's no money there for
<br>them to harvest.
<p>Paul Cherubini</blockquote>
<b>Very cheap shot indeed</b>, Paul.&nbsp; As for myself, I would care.&nbsp;
By the way, the "wealthy Silicone Valley" you mention is indeed a spelling
error. Robert says "Silicone Mountain", but I fail to recall any such place.&nbsp;
The real problem is not that, but rather the well-known fact that the developments
that do so much damage to the populations of endangered species do occur
in areas where people will want to be.&nbsp; When is the last time you
<b><i>wanted </i></b>to live or work in Watts, South Los Angeles or any
other low-income or high-crime neighborhood?&nbsp; By the way, I don't
know whether <b>any </b>of the researchers on the P V Blue project is deriving
any income&nbsp; from the project.&nbsp; It is entirely possible that every
one of them be working on this entirely out of their own pockets: not one
of them has ever mentioned anything of the sort at our local entomologists'
meetings (at least I haven't heard anything; several of us belong to the
same Societies -- Lorquin, NABA, etc) as they do, and we meet regularly.
<p>Pierre A Plauzoles
<br>sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com
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