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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Salt #69293 05/16/2002 5:40 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England A couple years ago Mitsubishi had plans to put a huge plant on east side of Gulf of California to make salt from seawater. There was overwhelming opposition to it on grounds it could adversely affect whale population there. Why? Would it throw them out of work? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Salt #69294 05/16/2002 6:25 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Hyla addict Hyla addict Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Why? Would it throw them out of work? It was going to be built on a lagoon that is one of the very few calving grounds the gray whales have, and would have wreaked havoc with the salinity levels in the lagoon. A similar plant, also in Baja California, has been shown to zap sea turtles, mostly by periodically discharging hypersaline water, which their systems can't handle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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