Stephen Flynn in the November 2007 issue of Popular Mechanics: "According to the latest figures from the Federal Highway Administration, 152,480 bridges, or just over one-quarter of the country's total, are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Our new face to the world is increasingly one of a superpower that is rotting from within. Our electricity comes to us through a decade-old system of power generators, transformers and transmission lines - a system that has utility executives holding their collective breath on every hot day in July and August. Our transportation system, once the envy of the world, is now known for congested highways, second-rate ports, third rate passenger trains and a primitive air traffic control system." The photo is from the movie Planet of the Apes - it is the last scene in the movie and shows the remains of the Statue of Liberty.Sunday, November 04, 2007
So is this where we're headed?
Stephen Flynn in the November 2007 issue of Popular Mechanics: "According to the latest figures from the Federal Highway Administration, 152,480 bridges, or just over one-quarter of the country's total, are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Our new face to the world is increasingly one of a superpower that is rotting from within. Our electricity comes to us through a decade-old system of power generators, transformers and transmission lines - a system that has utility executives holding their collective breath on every hot day in July and August. Our transportation system, once the envy of the world, is now known for congested highways, second-rate ports, third rate passenger trains and a primitive air traffic control system." The photo is from the movie Planet of the Apes - it is the last scene in the movie and shows the remains of the Statue of Liberty.