----- Original Message -----
From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: W. on the Environment L3
> At 07:52 PM 5/30/01 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote:
> >Now we're getting our garbage collected by the city of Austin, and the
way
> >Austin does the garbage, you pay a garbage rate based on the size of your
> >garbage barrel (30 gallons, 60 gallons or 90 gallons) and get to recycle
> >all you want for free.
>
> And what State is that in?
>
> JDG - Who after listening to the media during the last election, thought
> that Texans considered the only good environment a paved environment with
> smoggy air.
Well, its sort of a mixed thing. Personal environmental efforts are favored
in certain places like Austin, or certain suburbs of big cities. Things like
mass transit or industrial regulations find a harder go of it. My personal
complaint is that the air quality in Houston does really affect health. My
son was on breathing treatments 3 times per day until we moved North. Then
he was off them in two weeks. Yes, its also the mold and stuff, but the
pollution doesn't help at all. One of the reasons I'm pro-nuclear. Its
healthier. :-)
Dan M.
