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**ViaplyVuple** · 12-04-2006, 03:35 AM

Fun Facts about Houston and freedom from those darned restrictive regulations

Correlation=causation? I don't think so. Houston became a mecca for energy companies because of its early role in domestic oil production and an eventual shipping/refinery hub for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil reserves. Pollution is an equally big problem in all other heavy industrial areas, like the Brooklyn and Jersey waterfronts, or the Mississippi River delta.

More importantly though, pollution is recognized as an easily identifiable harm that people need to be protected from. It's a whole different ballpark than trying to decide whether you can build 10 stories higher or whether it can be a hotel-condo.

12-04-2006, 03:35 AM	#14
ViaplyVuple Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	Fun Facts about Houston and freedom from those darned restrictive regulations Correlation=causation? I don't think so. Houston became a mecca for energy companies because of its early role in domestic oil production and an eventual shipping/refinery hub for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil reserves. Pollution is an equally big problem in all other heavy industrial areas, like the Brooklyn and Jersey waterfronts, or the Mississippi River delta. More importantly though, pollution is recognized as an easily identifiable harm that people need to be protected from. It's a whole different ballpark than trying to decide whether you can build 10 stories higher or whether it can be a hotel-condo.
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