Because the illegality of the rain barrels has to do with a specific law, that rain water abides where it drops in "natural surroundings and nature itself". It was only later that lawmakers concluded that watersheds couldn't be refilled DUE to the interference of man, because man would trap it in unnatural ways. Hence the illegality of rain barrels.
That was stated to show that lawmakers prefer that nature takes it's course, but only when it doesn't interfere with the belief of the State.
If we can interfere by making sure ALL the water doesn't reach the aquafier, by trapping it before it can naturally gain entry, then it's a man made decision to ALTER the environment. We are also altering the ecosphere of the planet by diverting resources to areas, that do not naturally have those resources to begin with, thereby altering the landscape.
SO man, does effect ALL surroundings through the use of business structures. Now some of those structures may serve a valuable purpose to an end. Some of those purposes I would find questionable. I fully believe that the "Cap and Trade", used by many manufacturing plants, have failed, and continue to produce harmful gases and toxic waste which could conceivably alter our own atmosphere.
And that's where you and I diverge on the subject.
Put up, or shutup.
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