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From: [e-mail] (Duane Jacobson)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:44:37 GMT
Subject: Re: He who talks arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense
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Regarding all this talk about landfills ...

Where I live, garbage collection is cheaper than the BASE RATE for any
other service:  water, sewer, electricity, phone, gas, or cable TV.  As
of today, landfills are an acceptable solution at a reasonable cost to
the vast majority of Americans.  If it costs so damn much to haul trash
to the landfill, why aren't garbage rates sky high?  Charge people what it
REALLY costs, and may the best solution win.

It's sad to see people being brainwashed into Captain Planet robots.  One
day I drove by a LONG line of cars that weren't moving.  Later I found out
that the dump was having a drop off your toxic waste day.  "Let's see, I
can wait in line for an hour, engine running, to drop off my quart of
paint thinner and save the world."  Some people need to GET A CLUE.

Now, what you've all been waiting for, the perfect solution to the
"Not in My Backyard" syndrome.  Put the landfill just past the edge of
town, far enough out so that it will be filled up when the urban sprawl
approaches it.  Then put a golf course on top of it.  People will be
lobbying to have the landfill near their property, since they will be
able to make a killing selling 1/2 acre estates to fat cat executives
who want to live on the golf course.  We'll even have Jack Nicolas
designing landfills!!