Will our future followers on this planet look back on such disasters some day in shame from a world that truly knows how to produce and use clean energy so insults like this do not happen to the land, the people and the earth’s living systems? Here’s a short video of a very major barely reported ecological disaster that happened near Harriman, Tennessee this week. More commentary, here, at NashvilleIsTalking.com.
Five hundred million gallons of coal ash are just now entering the tributaries of the Tennessee River, thence to the Mississippi. Merry Christmas, New Orleans.
And please help me understand WHY this is NOT the very top news story on every TVÂ station and newspaper (you do remember newspapers don’t you–they were considered useful at one time for getting an up-to-the-minute report on disasters like this.)
Oh well, that’s life…as the infrastructure crumbles. Get ready for lots more of the same. Need more evidence we’re rotting from the ground up? Watch if you dare what some poor motorists experienced when an enormous water main fell apart. Surfs up!
Are there jobs out there for unemployed Americans, fixing what’s broken across this country? To borrow a phrase from a recent pseudo-celebrity <Wink>: you betcha!
Fred, I was also surprised to see very little news coverage. It’s going to be an unholy mess.
I watched a movie tonight – Wall-E – which has the theme of garbage and its problems.
Merry Christmas, Fred!
All the more reason to complete an energy audit and reduce your use of energy. Anyone buying a home should pay very close attention to how much energy is used for heating and air conditioning.
One elderly lady in the community has recently installed a geothermal heating system; others just up the road (221 west of FLoyd) have (influenced by our Earth Day emphasis on water, I’m happy to report) have put in a cistern to catch roofwater for watering their plants, etc. I’m thinking of doing a Floyd Press column on these energy and resource considerations that are already possible.