I'm pretty sure that the land-loss is a natural cycle of nature -- we really haven't been around long enough to know if what we've done has /really/ had any effect.
I'm pretty sure Louisiana and parts of Florida were just gonna slough off there anyways. There's no real point in trying to stop it. =-] ** "The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man" "Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves" - Fred Nietzsche Go go Godzilla! On 3/6/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "History shows again and again > How nature points out the folly of men" > > Godzilla > Blue Oyster Cult 1977 > > This makes me think of the coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana. We have > spent 1 billion to stabilize 95 square miles in 18 years to help make up the > 2500 lost in 70. By my estimate it will cost 500 billion dollars and a > century to repair the damage. > > The only cost effective solution we have now is to dynamite the the levees > from Baton Rouge south and let the water flow across the swamps again every > spring. We just need to tell everyone who lives in that area to move. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
