http://robwipond.com/?p=309 Journalism, Commentary, Satire Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://robwipond.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-1476 Rob Wipond Sat, 29 May 2010 19:41:20 +0000 http://robwipond.com/?p=309#comment-1476 Good questions. I wonder that about a lot of things in the past... Did they think twice about using a non-biodegradable, environmentally persistent toxic chemical as a pesticide when they awarded the Nobel Prize to the inventor of DDT? And then I think, hmm, are we thinking today about the ramifications of widespread use of throw-away plastics which take a thousand years or more to break down? Good questions. I wonder that about a lot of things in the past… Did they think twice about using a non-biodegradable, environmentally persistent toxic chemical as a pesticide when they awarded the Nobel Prize to the inventor of DDT? And then I think, hmm, are we thinking today about the ramifications of widespread use of throw-away plastics which take a thousand years or more to break down?

]]> http://robwipond.com/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-1473 Oemissions Thu, 27 May 2010 11:15:25 +0000 http://robwipond.com/?p=309#comment-1473 Excellent article.As usual. Was there ever any real projection decades ago about the social costs of automobile use? Were their actual city planners planning for congestion and all the noise, toxic exhaust and stress that accompany this? Did they look at human habits too: like driving around and around to find the closest parking spot.? Or using the car as a weapon? Excellent article.As usual.
Was there ever any real projection decades ago about the social costs of automobile use?
Were their actual city planners planning for congestion and all the noise, toxic exhaust and stress that accompany this?
Did they look at human habits too: like driving around and around to find the closest parking spot.?
Or using the car as a weapon?

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