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Michael Coslo wrote:
In our area, we had a world class trout fishing stream. when I say that, I mean that people from all over the world came here and spent a lot of money to fish, and stay in hotels, eat in restaraunts. We also had a chemical production company that wanted to do a lot of things that some of the populous didn't want them to do. It got to the point of township meetings. Some folks said that the companies practices were going to destroy the local watershed. The company and a lot of people accused them of being anti-business, anti job, anti growth, and worse. The chemical company got it's way. Fast forward to today.... The watershed has been destroyed by two chemicals that leaked from poorly constructed holding areas. The world class trout stream is no more. No more visitors spending all that money - it was millions in the 60's, who knows what it would be now. The chemicals have reached a lake about 30 miles away now, and people aren't supposed to eat fish from either the lake or stream. And the chemical company? They aren't in business any more. They were bought out by a european company who then closed down the competition, took a write off, and left. That isn't all they left. The bill for the cleanup is with us. The end result: Jobs are gone. World class fishing stream gone. A nice lake downstream gone as an added benefit. No one can say they didn't know. They didn't listen. What a disaster - and a huge tragedy. Clearly the world would be a better place....if it was uninhabited. I guess a better message would have been that holding areas should not be poorly constructed, rather than just shouting the tired old eco-mantra 'corporations are evil' - which nobody listens to. But eco groups aren't exactly the best listeners either. ac6xg |
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