Deaths of small fry a big issue

Denver Post- October 19, 2008
Power plants and factories across the US are contributing at least in small part to the loss of environment and species. Despite their claim that only a few fish eggs are destroyed or only a few fish are killed, thousands of water cooling systems are killing marine life. There are alternative cooling systems that would reduce or eliminate the number of fish killed. This is significant to the lager ecosystem because every fish that dies is a fish that does not feed another animal. Every egg that does not hatch is one less chance for a fish to mature. Every animal that does not eat enough is more likely to die. The debate that we are only killing a few is such bogus because we are still killing. It's like you're intending on going to Mexico but instead you drive towards Canada, only instead of going fast towards to Canada you drive slow so it's not really that bad. Slow or fast it's the wrong way.
This debate focuses on the economic value of both industry and market fish, the environment has no position in the industries mindset. This country especially needs to break out of the commerce-only mindset and look at the larger picture and what the effects are from their actions.

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