Pollution

Montana is Thje Big Sky Country, or is it? <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2195331,00.html">this article</a> about pollution in the west does not mention Montana specifically but it sure reminded me of a picture I took at branding this last weekend. To give a little background on the picture it is taken on the fencline between me and the neighbor I was helping and the reason I took it was to try to get a picture of the haze of pollution floating in the sky. You can see it in the circled area of <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/pollution.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/pollution.jpg','popup','width=1040,height=560,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">this picture</a>. Now while it is not unusal for me to see these pollution hazes in the early mornings, it is unusal to see one to the west of me. covering the whole skyline, and to have a camera with me to try to record it. Normally you see the line of pollution to the north of me, floating down the Yellowstone Valley from the big city of Billings. It always makes my skin crawl to think that people live in such murky air but that is the curse of modern life and we need to do our best to minimize it. <br />n<br />nThe article I mentioned talks about how expensive clean coal technology is but I think that is an investment in ourselves and our children that we need to make to try to improve on these polluting conditions.<br />n<br />n<b>It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. Dan Quayle</b>