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Ken Cooke
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Baja 1000 (almost) cancelled due to ecological damage
Due to ecological damage, the Baja 1000 has been suspended across the states of Baja California Norte and Sur.
Link: https://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/DeportesLocal...
[Edited on 11-16-2018 by Ken Cooke]
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motoged
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Don't believe everything you think....
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willardguy
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let me guess....mike overcast
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Reportedly the race guys need to pay a fine to remove the suspension ...don't know if that solves the eco concerns.
Bad suspension always wrecks a good ride 
Don't believe everything you think....
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mtgoat666
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Thank you for sharing the good news! 
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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David K
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A bad economy for Mexico is good news to you? Score events provide millions of pesos to local Mexican families in Baja. Shame shame shame. Why not
cancel the hurricane damage instead... it is hundreds of times more destructive than a Baja race? What, you can't change the weather? Then stop taxing
the world for you crazy global warming/ climate change ideas!
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willardguy
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nothing new here, its all settled in the back room. exact same thing in 2014.
[Edited on 10-12-2018 by willardguy]
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weebray
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | | A bad economy for Mexico is good news to you? Score events provide millions of pesos to local Mexican families in Baja. Shame shame shame. Why not
cancel the hurricane damage instead... it is hundreds of times more destructive than a Baja race? What, you can't change the weather? Then stop taxing
the world for you crazy global warming/ climate change ideas! |
Am I to assume that you and Kayne West have both taken leave of your senses? Your post is illogical, unfounded speculation and comes off as if you
were babbling. Please calm down, come back to planet earth and state your case rationally. Remembering that the climate is not on trial here, the
right of people to destroy the environment and walk away is.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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David K
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Not at all, I am very calm and my words are factual and logical.
You seem to follow Karl Marx and Lenin with the notion that if you repeat a lie enough times, it will become the truth?
If the race is canceled, it will be an economic disaster to all in Mexico who usually benefit and plan their lives for it. Damage to roads, while
real, are minuscule to the damage done by Nature.
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gnukid
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The fine is ~ $25,000
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ncampion
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| Quote: Originally posted by weebray | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | | A bad economy for Mexico is good news to you? Score events provide millions of pesos to local Mexican families in Baja. Shame shame shame. Why not
cancel the hurricane damage instead... it is hundreds of times more destructive than a Baja race? What, you can't change the weather? Then stop taxing
the world for you crazy global warming/ climate change ideas! |
Am I to assume that you and Kayne West have both taken leave of your senses? Your post is illogical, unfounded speculation and comes off as if you
were babbling. Please calm down, come back to planet earth and state your case rationally. Remembering that the climate is not on trial here, the
right of people to destroy the environment and walk away is. |
I think I notice a mild case of "DK Derangement Syndrome" here.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | A bad economy for Mexico is good news to you? Score events provide millions of pesos to local Mexican families in Baja. Shame shame shame. Why not
cancel the hurricane damage instead... it is hundreds of times more destructive than a Baja race? What, you can't change the weather? Then stop taxing
the world for you crazy global warming/ climate change ideas! |
covfefe
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motoged
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DK,
Just WRONG....take some deep breaths.
Stick to maps...
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | A bad economy for Mexico is good news to you? Score events provide millions of pesos to local Mexican families in Baja. Shame shame shame. Why not
cancel the hurricane damage instead... it is hundreds of times more destructive than a Baja race? What, you can't change the weather? Then stop taxing
the world for you crazy global warming/ climate change ideas! |
Econ activity is good, but i recommend the econ activity be green (no nuke repositories, no wanton strip mining, no destructive events like racing,
etc)
The hurricane is part of desert cycle of life, the rain will help the plants grow, hopefully help the plants barely hanging on to life due to last
race!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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David K
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So the building of Highway 1 through Baja was very wrong... because millions of desert trees were mowed down? The benefit of an event means nothing?
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Every year there is some sort of "crisis" at the 11th hour of the Baja 1000. Like very year in the past, it will be resolved.
Not worth all the hand-wringing.
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Off road racing is designated as the primary sport and resource for Baja. Successful racing events are among the highest priorities as a draw for
tourism and overall economy. People are going to get hurt, and there will be damage to the flora and fauna. Baja doesn't have many other products
besides racing. If you go to almost any town there are racing enthusiasts and shops up and down the street of an otherwise desolate region with no
manufacturing and no products. Apparently racing is a big deal to Baja.
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by gnukid | | Off road racing is designated as the primary sport and resource for Baja. Successful racing events are among the highest priorities as a draw for
tourism and overall economy. |
Do you have any references? I'd guess that compared to the overall economy, the money brought in by off-road racing is a drop in the bucket.
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| Quote: Originally posted by gnukid | | Off road racing is designated as the primary sport and resource for Baja. Successful racing events are among the highest priorities as a draw for
tourism and overall economy. People are going to get hurt, and there will be damage to the flora and fauna. Baja doesn't have many other products
besides racing. If you go to almost any town there are racing enthusiasts and shops up and down the street of an otherwise desolate region with no
manufacturing and no products. Apparently racing is a big deal to Baja. |
Primary resource for Baja...Now that is a new one that we will have to educate all the farmers with.
Ever notice how if you take a position different than David, you are immediately a commie, pinko, red, Marxist, Leninist?
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JoeJustJoe
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Not at all, I am very calm and my words are factual and logical.
You seem to follow Karl Marx and Lenin with the notion that if you repeat a lie enough times, it will become the truth?
If the race is canceled, it will be an economic disaster to all in Mexico who usually benefit and plan their lives for it. Damage to roads, while
real, are minuscule to the damage done by Nature. |
It will be an economic disaster to all in Mexico?
You mean mostly the fat cats that set up the the terrain erosion event, and perhaps a few Mexican shops that sell cheap souvenirs, and a few tacos.
That's hardly everybody in all of Mexico.
Whatever money the event makes, pales in comparison, to the environmental damage the event does to the ecosystem, the flora, and fauna, not to mention
the animal mortality, and all the garbage left behind by the race, alone with the noise pollution.
Somehow Mexico, will survive without the race.
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