Via JMG: Infrastructure Cuts Would Make the Unthinkable Unsurvivable

Sunday 3 April 2011

Infrastructure Cuts Would Make the Unthinkable Unsurvivable
Allison Kilkenny, Truthout: "Despite ominous warnings from the country's engineers, infrastructure remains a thoroughly unsexy issue that causes people to nod off. Transportation networks and buildings are things we take for granted - structures that have always and will always be there. It isn't until infrastructure fails that we understand they are magnificent feats... The aftermath of the Japan earthquake conveys two tales: the nuclear infrastructure and also the story of the country's roads."
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