Nick Palmer wrote.. Your whole position, and that of people like you, seems to be based upon the irrational belief that people cannot affect the planets systems for good or ill. Bring on whatever you have got - I will try to demolish it.
Howdy Nick, Anyone with eyes can see a huge black dead area in the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans. Water flows from the Mississippi River into the Gulf likely contains enough pollutants to change the eco-systems of that body of water and cause this dead spot. The question is not in identifying the problem, it is in how to address the problem. The difficulty is compounded by people with agendas outside the scope of the main problem. Our companies have been in the wastewater industry for more than 40 years and we are painfully aware of the ever increasing tasks. In Texas, we have several state agencies plus a number of non profit advocacy groups receiving public funding. These groups can be described by Rush Limbaugh types as "rabid left wing liberal feminazi in their makeup". They have an amazing ability to be in front of a TV cam anytime there is money being doled out by Gov't. BUT.. try to enlist them in a discussion of proposed solutions and they go insane. We have the huge Alcoa plant near Rockdale , some 30-60,000 acres. They want to close it down. We proposed the state step in a begin research in how to candidly address the " solid wate problems" facing the state. We proposed a massive program that includes recycling wastes on a state wide basis. What was the response for these non profit advocacy groups that devote so much time to foaming at the mouth over pollution and global warming... SILENCE!!! Why? Because they are political organizations masquerading as environmentalists. Your statement " bring on whatever you have got- I will try to demolish it"... positions you in the center of the railroad tracks waving a white flag of surrender. This will get you run over. There is a way to address world climate change.. but, not by standing in the middle of the tracks screaming and shouting. Every industrial customer we serve has a keen sense of the environment and have active pollution abatement working. The last time I looked , the Fed was the biggest problem. the biggest polluter and the biggest opponent. Thats ALL of us , not just Philip and Richard. Richard
