Please See this other thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553446 And please look up the Converse Basic

Please See this other thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553446 And please look up the Converse Basic Grove of Sequoias. The whole place was destroyed to make fence posts. Oh, my bad I suppose "lease" is the current euphemism for destroying the land like that. But hey! cutting down all those giant sequoias improved the recreation opportunities, right? That's an extreme example but any natural resource extraction irreparably damages land. Even grazing or roads have significant impacts that take hundreds or thousands of years to recover. Roads dramatically change the landscape and cause huge impacts. And the roads usually serve some purpose, i.e. more damaging activities. Crisscrossing the landscape with roads has a huge impact on the land and does not enhance the recreational opportunities other than the ability to take instagram pics from your car.