Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) |
09-02-2005 01:44 PM |
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
The reengineering of land/rivers that makes it possible to have deep-water ports in Idaho and Oklahoma is part of the problem, not a solution. You have to dam stuff and dredge the hell out of things and make damn sure rivers don't change their courses to ensure that those deepwater ports stay accessible. Going further up the Mississippi is not going to help.
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When was the last time all of Tulsa was flooded after a hurricane? Or Baltimore, or the port of New Jersey?
if all we did was channelize the Miss. through the delta, but let it overflow the banks into unpopulated bayou, we would not have 50k homeless people in a flooded area. And if we put the port in baton rouge, we would have plenty of above sea-level land for all the dockworkers.
And Ty, I see your network effects, and raise you sunk costs. Network effects explain why people were there; sunk costs explain why they'll go back.
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