Category Archives: Environment

Plan A: The Andes

The Andes extend 7,000 kilometers (4,349 miles), from Venezuela to Chile. Nowhere else on Earth is there another mountain range adjacent to the ocean and of this length and height. The ocean’s close proximity to the Andes means solar powered plants could be built on or close to the shore … Continue reading →

Plan A: Mexico

Mexico While the U.S. meets all the requirements to build a vast aquafacture-based economic infrastructure, Mexico also has comparable but less capital-demanding features with which to implement Plan A. The Gulf of California –wholly Mexican- eliminates the need to dig a canal, and its two sparsely populated coastlines have abundant sunlight the … Continue reading →

Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location (36° 15′ N 116° 49.5′ W) of the lowest elevation in North America … Continue reading →

Coal Use

Coal is extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground by shaft mining, or at ground level by open pit mining, and its extraction and use are directly related to a number of adverse health and environmental consequences, including: • 2,800 deaths from lung cancer and black lung disease in … Continue reading →

China’s Water Problem

On February 17, 2012, an article in the Shanghai Daily reported that 40 percent of China’s rivers are seriously polluted, two thirds of Chinese cities are “water needy,” 300 million people in rural areas lack access to drinking water, and 20 percent of rivers are too toxic to even touch. In response, … Continue reading →

Plan A Diagram

Rationale As the consequences to the environment of anthropomorphic climate change continue to worsen, it behooves us all to do what we can to mitigate their effect. The solution is well known: cease and desist using nuclear fission and fossil fuels to generate electricity and run motor vehicles. One obvious … Continue reading →

Financing Plan A

Figure 2 describes one way (alternatives exist) to finance new construction of an infrastructure (Figure 1) intended for persons with a projected minimum 30-year labor participation life. It assumes a political consensus has been reached that: 1. New infrastructure is needed to rejuvenate the ability of the United States to … Continue reading →

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