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Plant Zoo 2005 and beyond- coming to a city near you!
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The endless political wrangling for the Indoor Rainforest continues. City after city is lining up for this massive environmental albatross. FYI: here in Iowa, between the hottest of summer, and the coldest of winter, we have temperature swings of OVER 100 DEGREES FARENHEIGHT. The amount of electricity and natural gas to maintain a tropical climate of near constant 85% and humid is astronomical. Yet, we are falling all over ourselves for this program in the hopes that it will: cure unemployment, spur tourism, and save us from the economic bogeyman of the week.
It will do none of this.
It will keep us dependent on fossil fuels, fuel global warming, create low paying service jobs that keep people hovering near the poverty level, and will do nothing to preserve rainforests. Rainforests are best preserved where they are already at, or have been! Iowa has not had a tropical environment for thousands and thousands of years. What we did have, as recently as 100 years ago, is PRAIRIE. Wild idea du jour: if we are going to spend $50 million on environmental restoration, why don't we restore Iowa's natural environment. Last time I checked our congressional delegation was supposed to represent Iowans, not Brazillians. Restore Iowa's habitat, not Brazil's.
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209009&SearchID=73229529028773
http://www.desmoinesregister
208004&SearchID=73229529028773
The endless political wrangling for the Indoor Rainforest continues. City after city is lining up for this massive environmental albatross. FYI: here in Iowa, between the hottest of summer, and the coldest of winter, we have temperature swings of OVER 100 DEGREES FARENHEIGHT. The amount of electricity and natural gas to maintain a tropical climate of near constant 85% and humid is astronomical. Yet, we are falling all over ourselves for this program in the hopes that it will: cure unemployment, spur tourism, and save us from the economic bogeyman of the week.
It will do none of this.
It will keep us dependent on fossil fuels, fuel global warming, create low paying service jobs that keep people hovering near the poverty level, and will do nothing to preserve rainforests. Rainforests are best preserved where they are already at, or have been! Iowa has not had a tropical environment for thousands and thousands of years. What we did have, as recently as 100 years ago, is PRAIRIE. Wild idea du jour: if we are going to spend $50 million on environmental restoration, why don't we restore Iowa's natural environment. Last time I checked our congressional delegation was supposed to represent Iowans, not Brazillians. Restore Iowa's habitat, not Brazil's.
