Post from Random Musings:
A Huge Chance Wasted.
| By sean - May 5, 2008 10:48:17 AM ET |
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First let me apologize for all my typos in my last post. I was rushing to beat a thunder storm.
Now, Let me qualify my next statements by an explaination.... I am a Katrina evacuee and I do realize that what I am about to say may seem contraversial to some. However I feel it needs said, expecially if, like me, the other evacuees that read this didn't recieve any help from the Bush kingdom as promised.
We screwed up in New Orleans!
The disaster we experienced there was enormous. I was in that convention center and know, first hand, the dispair and abandonment we all felt then, and later, by our government. But.... We have never had a better oportunity to green up a major US city than we did in New Orleans. The entire infrastructture was down and with the HUGE cleanup we had an exellent opportunity for proving that a big city could be run as an ecofriendly system. Now I do realize that the overall goals immediatly following Katrina was to help as many people relocate as possible, as many of us know, that help has never come. So my Question is Of the billions of dollars donated to our relief what exactly happened to it all? (sorry Off track again) What I should have said was why, Under these conditions didn't these large energy conglomerates, supposedly investing billions in alternative energies take the time to throw up a solar farm, wind farm, or institute a massive recycle program. I mean look at all the wood that could have been pulverized into dust then into particle board that could then have been used to build housing. Think of all the steel from cars that could have been recycled into nails, the copper from electric lines for plumbing, the glass for windows, the plastics for tarplins, and tons of other recyclables that i have forgotten.
Of course the question is what would the incentive for a company be to undertake these actions and the answer is TAX BREAKS. Hell in those circumstances some companies (Waste Management comes to mind) could have had the opportunity to pay their entire tax bill from this.
It seems like common sense to me and I cant think of a single one of us that wouldnt have been more than happy to grab a hammer and throw in.
(Dont think I'm down on waste management remember they are making energy from garbage in California (oh happy day)).
world without end,
sean
Now, Let me qualify my next statements by an explaination.... I am a Katrina evacuee and I do realize that what I am about to say may seem contraversial to some. However I feel it needs said, expecially if, like me, the other evacuees that read this didn't recieve any help from the Bush kingdom as promised.
We screwed up in New Orleans!
The disaster we experienced there was enormous. I was in that convention center and know, first hand, the dispair and abandonment we all felt then, and later, by our government. But.... We have never had a better oportunity to green up a major US city than we did in New Orleans. The entire infrastructture was down and with the HUGE cleanup we had an exellent opportunity for proving that a big city could be run as an ecofriendly system. Now I do realize that the overall goals immediatly following Katrina was to help as many people relocate as possible, as many of us know, that help has never come. So my Question is Of the billions of dollars donated to our relief what exactly happened to it all? (sorry Off track again) What I should have said was why, Under these conditions didn't these large energy conglomerates, supposedly investing billions in alternative energies take the time to throw up a solar farm, wind farm, or institute a massive recycle program. I mean look at all the wood that could have been pulverized into dust then into particle board that could then have been used to build housing. Think of all the steel from cars that could have been recycled into nails, the copper from electric lines for plumbing, the glass for windows, the plastics for tarplins, and tons of other recyclables that i have forgotten.
Of course the question is what would the incentive for a company be to undertake these actions and the answer is TAX BREAKS. Hell in those circumstances some companies (Waste Management comes to mind) could have had the opportunity to pay their entire tax bill from this.
It seems like common sense to me and I cant think of a single one of us that wouldnt have been more than happy to grab a hammer and throw in.
(Dont think I'm down on waste management remember they are making energy from garbage in California (oh happy day)).
world without end,
sean
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