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>"groundwater plume that destroys wells and makes soil toxic for 20 miles 'downwind'. Did we do it wrong? Who does it right?" I'm not a big expert on this. But
by zo1 11y ago
>"groundwater plume that destroys wells and makes soil toxic for 20 miles 'downwind'. Did we do it wrong? Who does it right?"
I'm not a big expert on this. But this sounds like a big lesson (possibly one that could have been guessed prior). That you can apply to the next landfill: Move it to the middle of nowhere, perhaps a desert or something if you're worried about populated areas.
- ptx 11y agoBut if we can only use space in the middle of nowhere, it becomes much less "nearly limitless".
- vectorjohn 11y agoIn fact, it becomes much more limitless. Almost everywhere in the united states is in the middle of nowhere. We could be talking about a different country, sure. But nobody says the garbage has to end up right where it's generated.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIts easy for the folks who live in cities to imagine everywhere else is just wasted ground, the middle of nowhere. Come out here sometime and learn. Every place is owned, farmed, grazed, used by somebody. There's no such thing as nowhere.
- fps 11y agoThe US government owns 28% of the land in the country (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_lands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_lands) - Most of this land is not being used for parks or any other public resource - it simply is unused and unoccupied.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoMuch is leased for grazing, mining.