Monday, 13 January 2025

The Rebuilding Idea?

I sat there today....listening to a Governor Gavin Newsom (California) statement....he had this 'plan' to rebuild Los Angeles, with the title something like "L.A. 2.0 under a Marshall Plan-like initiative'.

Billions required?  He didn't say the amount ....but it'd have to be way over $500-billion.

I pondered over it for five minutes, and came to these three issues:

1.  Even if you laid the cash....these idiots were geniuses who made the fire threat to such a remarkable level, and would do so again....meaning another Newsom-like character would appear in five to ten years....talking about rebuilding L.A. 3.0 under another Marshall Plan-like initiative.

2.  The building permit business....would lead to fewer than 250 structures a year....so this Marshall  Plan deal....might take 25 years to erect.

3.  Finally, it would logical that environmentalists would fight this left-and-right....to limit the rebuilding to  half the present size, and to make it carbon-free as much as possible. 

1 comment:

LargeMarge said...

I suppose a case could be made for those millions of tons of 'carbon-whatsit' recently added to the dirt and construction would 'displace' it back into atmo and that will be The!End!Of!Everything!©.
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Jesting aside, the original situation remains:
* Too many humans chasing too little water.
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A few years ago, somebody did a story about new Jerry Seinfeld and Schwarzenegger houses.
They were built using sticks, and I thought that was dumb
Over a century ago just up the road, Hearst built his castle of concrete, and it seems to be still hanging around mostly.