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Let's hope it stays this way.
by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Let's hope it stays this way.
- maratd 9y agoWhy wouldn't it? Humans prefer living next to each other, creating dense clusters.
- brndnmtthws 9y agoWell, for example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-signs-order-at-the-epa-to-dismantle-environmental-protections/2017/03/28/3ec30240-13e2-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump...
- dublinclontarf 9y agoThe Trump EPA is going to force people to live in the badlands?
- closeparen 9y agoThe worry is that the land will transition from public recreation to business resource extraction uses.
- Sacho 9y agoIs the worry substantiated by anything in Trump's order?
- closeparen 9y ago>"Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that executive departments and agencies (agencies) immediately review existing regulations that potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources and appropriately suspend, revise, or rescind those that unduly burden the development of domestic energy resources beyond the degree necessary to protect the public interest or otherwise comply with the law." Who knows to what degree these lands are considered "the public interest" vs. "undue burden" in the Secretary of the Interior's mind. But the rules regarding drilling on public land are specifically called out for review, indicating that the White House believes they are currently too strict.
- jimrandomh 9y agoThat would be a very bad thing. California has a serious shortage of housing, and putting a few new cities in this unused land would go a long way towards bringing rents down to something reasonable.
- aerodeck 9y agoPerhaps doing something to control an overheated housing market would help more than tearing up new land 100 miles away from cities whose prosperity derives from the 'network effects' of geographical proximity.