In the 1970’s, Nat’l Geo had a cover story on how the Black Forest was dying. Pics of sick and dying trees filled the cover story. In 2008, I had the pleasure of spending 3 weeks on the roads and rivers of Germany. We saw three plastic bags littering the highways that three weeks. A few carparts here and there, but NO litter except those 3 bags. Koln was nearly as clean as was Heidelberg. The sky was a rich deep blue, High Definition one soldier called it, and the entire country looked loved. Zippering, the requirement of drivers to make room for merging traffic or get a ticket, kept traffic jams at rush hour moving briskly. Germany is currently Europe most financially secure country carrying Greece and other Euro members through their problems. In the USA, they have already weakened and underfunded EPA regs and are blaming these regs for lost jobs and productiity. A Texas state congressman said recently, let Texas worry about its own air. That would be fine if Texas was under a glass dome. I hope the USA can soon recognize the profit and viability of living in a healthy green nation. Thank you for your comment.Respectfully,C.
In the 1970’s, Nat’l Geo had a cover story on how the Black Forest was dying. Pics of sick and dying trees filled the cover story. In 2008, I had the pleasure of spending 3 weeks on the roads and rivers of Germany. We saw three plastic bags littering the highways that three weeks. A few carparts here and there, but NO litter except those 3 bags. Koln was nearly as clean as was Heidelberg. The sky was a rich deep blue, High Definition one soldier called it, and the entire country looked loved. Zippering, the requirement of drivers to make room for merging traffic or get a ticket, kept traffic jams at rush hour moving briskly. Germany is currently Europe most financially secure country carrying Greece and other Euro members through their problems. In the USA, they have already weakened and underfunded EPA regs and are blaming these regs for lost jobs and productiity. A Texas state congressman said recently, let Texas worry about its own air. That would be fine if Texas was under a glass dome. I hope the USA can soon recognize the profit and viability of living in a healthy green nation. Thank you for your comment.Respectfully,C.