Why can't we share?

Today in Yucca Valley, Ca we celebrated Earthday. On several occasions, one in particular, I was taken to task by friendly and non-friendly Desert Do-gooders. "I thought you were for protecting the environment", says one. "Why do you espouse giving 4x4s a place to play? They only destroy the planet", says another. There are several reasons. For one they live here just like you do, like it or not they are our neighbors. Next, they already exist and there is no way you're going to get rid of them. So the next best thing is to keep them under control in places where the damage can be minimized. Still the Do-gooders say, "NO! there is no place for off road vehicles in the desert." Then let me ask, where do they go? What do we do about an entire section of the economy; a major one at that? Just kiss it off and tell the people who have spent millions of dollars on off road toys to just chuck it? Does that mean I have to do the same thing with my jeep and boat and stop fishing? How about rock climbing, that damages the environment and hiking? All those feet contribute to erosion on our trails. The Do-gooders continue about how RVs, SUVs, ATVs and powered rollerskates aren't earth friendly not listening to the argument that if all had been left as it was then the areas the Do-gooders are now screaming about would not have been damaged. I do have to be fair however, the Baja Sand Bunnies do have a response to the D0-gooders. It's horsepower used go further into the raw desert or to sneak into places that are protected but not monitored. I do want the desert protected but it's not going to be done by closing areas A,B,C and D. It can be done however by closing areas A, B, C and letting the Sand Bunnies have area D. Unfortunately the Desert Do-gooders won't hear of anything like that screaming about how earth unfriendly I am because I drive a jeep while they drive earth unfriendly cars and wipe their bottoms with earth unfriendly toilet paper. To the Do-gooders it is all or nothing. Sorry guys, you can't have it all. You have to share it and you have to share it with the Sand Bunnies.