Subterr-ific! I've been looking for you, Herr Schoenberg!
My own family thinks I'm crazy for wanting to tunnel from my house to the
Schmidt Brewery. "That's way too expensive!" they tell me. Bollocks! It
would be worth it. Doesn't the geo-softness of the region make it Mohr
cost-effective somehow? I mean, men have already mined miles of tunnels
with their bare hands 'round these parts (the rumor is that several gloved
women assisted; one even supervised - the West End has always been
progressive, ya know).
Shouldn't every town in America have a safe place to go in the event of a
terrorist attack? The Feds and the citizens who provoked the 9/11 attack
owe it to us, really.
How much of the Hiawatha Line's cost was due to its tunnel? How
significant would the perpetual savings be due to geothermal energy use, no
snow removal, yeast and fungi production, and sales of fossils (which would
be taxed heavily)? What is the smallest city in the world with an
underground railway? Where is the World's First Urban Subterranean State
Park? What's this I hear about lasers being used to cut Cold Spring
granite? Where's the nearest laser shop? - my back's killing me. Where
does Cemstone get all their sand? How much sand can a barge carry?
Can you point me to a 3-D map of the local geology? Could a person
"C-scan" W 7th and map existing tunnels? How will we know what mass can be
supported by tunnelled-out, ethanol-soaked ground? If a million dollars
here and a million dollars there had been spent on an I-35E/I-94 tunnel,
would we have made the connection by now? Can a single geologist stop all
the Ayd Mill Road bickering? How many suburbanites does it take to fill
the Big Dig?
Some things only a geologist can tell us...
By the power vested in me, I hereby pronounce you St. Paul's High Advisor
on Geologic, Natural, and Underground Matters (SPHAGNUM). Your term
expires at the end of the Cenozoic Era.
Rock on, GeoMike,
AMH
Tunnel Town
Randolph, Fort, & Osceola
PS Hey, whatever happened to that submarine idea anyway?
Andrew M. Hine
Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
3M Center 201-1W-28
St. Paul MN
55144-1000
USA
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Hi.
My name is Mike Schoenberg.
I am married and have two kids. Both went to the St. Paul Public
Schools. It prepared them well for the UofM. Each graduated in four
years. I have lived in St. Paul in the same house since 1978. My
interest is in learning about how St. Paul operates. I am concerned
about where the city is going in our rapidly changing political,
economic, and social environment. I have not heard anything thoughtful
from either major political party (or from the the minor parties for
that matter). I am a Professional Geologist who has experience working
at the edge between geology and engineering.
The conversation the past two days has been interesting, if not
always enlightening and on topic.
I'd like to hear from others about what they believe the future
direction of development in St. Paul should be, say, over the next
thirty years.
Thanks
Mike
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