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It's a great aside. And as the debate about over-crowding of the last remaining wildernesses is bound to develop, I wonder whether some "price/cost" which invo

• justinator 8y ago
  It's going to be an interesting conversation, and I fear: a bit messy. One of the ways that you illustrate value in say, a Wilderness area or a National Park is by allowing visitation, so people can see first hand how unique an area is. If merely getting to the area is hard to do, these places won't be seen as so valuable to the general population (higher classes will have no problem getting to them, so it because a class issue all of a sudden). At least in the States, what we desperately need is a lower impact mass transportation system. I've heard all the arguments against railways (etc), and I don't disagree there's good points in those arguments. But it's not something I see pro-environment special interest groups that are around the outdoor industry really push. One such is, https://protectourwinters.org/ https://protectourwinters.org/ I actually don't know what these people do - they seem like they want to be lobbyists, but I think it's just grass-roots call of action type stuff to get people out to vote. Which I think is a fine idea, but there's so much more we can do.