Comment 70692

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted October 19, 2011 at 19:44:31 in reply to Comment 70690

It's hard to fault people for not wanting to buy into a potentially toxic brownfield. It isn't just the potential million-dollar plus cost, it's how hard to predict that cost will be. The only real constant is that it will go up. Sadly, once the companies who made the mess are gone, we're left with a set of bad options, and still need to pick one.

Looking at the issue with a bit more foresight, it's a damn good reason not to contaminate lands this way in the first place. Even if you can do it without being held accountable for the massive costs and liabilities it creates, somebody will be. Nobody wants to hear it while business is booming, but once that's done, it's too late.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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