I wouldn't call Browns book as a full perspective at all. In reality it's pretty biased.
What happened between the Native Americans and Europeans after first contact was unfortunate, but mostly inevitable. It's what happens when a modern industrial culture comes in contact with one still more...
Buzz, treaties where changed almost as soon as they were signed in some cases. For instance the Crow reservation at one time started in Paradise valley and its agency was located in Livingston, then it was shrunk and the agency moved to Absarokee, then it was shrunk again and moved to Crow...
In the history of treaties with the Tribes that's never happened so why start now? It's not like treaties are monolithic and can't be changed. IMO they should all be renegotiated to reflect modernity.
I have seen a a bunch of guys driving trucks on state sections which includes a guy from Florida that parked almost a 1/2 mile in behind a marked gate. Also seen four wheelers driving in Wilderness study areas.
That and two guys about to shoot across the hood of their truck of a county road...
One other concern I have is if these groups get there way and hunting is severly restricted or eliminated on public land what effect will this have on the transfer movement? How many hunters would give two chits about public land if they couldn't hunt it.
Hybrids make sense.
Most mining production trucks are hybrids. It saves fuel, and that makes sense for a variety of reasons that have zero to do with emmissions.
Here in Billings,MT USA we get hail storms on a regular basis that would damage the hell out of roof top solar panels. I've had 3 new roofs put on in 6 years. Plus the northern half of the country is not ideally suited to solar.
Of course that didn't stop a solar project from being built...
Every mining or drilling project that comes up is fought vigorously by the usual collection of leftists. See what happened with Pebble mine.
And for what it's worth those Pebble mine opponents have zero problem with a mine in Papua or south America where environmental regulations are much...
I worked in the power industry during the Obama years. The narrative that gas killed coal supply isn't true. Coal was perceived to be dying before gas got cheap. Even after gas got cheap on a per MW basis most coal plants where still cheaper. EPA rules(NSPS,ESPS,CSPR,MATS,MACT,CCR, CW rules)...