Saving the Everglades

Let's see, sugar cane production established, a manufacturing facility, local skilled labor force, ethanol selling for $3.50 a gallon, sugar cane the most efficient for ethanol production. Sure it makes sense to turn it into an allegator park, putting people out of work, for $1.75 "Billion", of which you will gladly donate!!! I'm glad to see our government working so hard to ease our dependence on forgien oil.

Let's see, land with sugar cane production, the most efficent method for ethanol production, manufacturing plant, skilled labor force on location, ethanol selling for $3.50 a gallon. It makes sense to turn it back into alegator land for $1.75 Billion dollars, which you will gladly donate!!! It is obvious our government is trying reduce our dependence on forgien oil. Thanks Bush.

While U.S. Sugar was busy negotiating behind closed doors with the State of Florida to sell the land to help restore and "protect" the Everglades, they were also busy signing long-terms leases on 11,000 acres in the "heart" of that very same land to Florida Rock Industries and Stewart Mining Industries and securing permits from Palm Beach County for rock mining in the middle of the area targeted for Everglades restoration. The lease and permits will survive any sale to the State.

Not only will the mining of the 11,000 acres be a set-back for any restoration efforts, the mining approval also "likely boosted the value of the land" according to appraisers quoted by the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal. (See "Mining Approval Could Cost Taxpayers in U.S. Sugar Buyout" 8/16/08) This means that taxpayers will wind-up paying more for the proposed buy-out.

No one at the State or the County knew anything about each other's efforts even though Palm Beach County inquired about the effect of these requested permits to the South Florida Water Management District.

In 1988, when I was a new employee at the South Florida Water Management District, our team developed a plan to restore the Everglades. We estimated that in about 20 years, the organic soils that were planted in sugar cane would be gone due to subsidence and oxidation and could no longer be farmed. 20 years later, most of the soils are gone and the land is now unfarmable. It appears that US Sugar is getting a lot of money for land that is not longer usable for farming purposes. They get a few billion and the public pays top dollar for land US Sugar doesn't want. The question is, is there enough soil left for an Everglades restoration project?

Geesh, the only way anything good gets done with federal and state government is when a billionaire gets involved. That's depressing. No wonder health care reform has never happened.

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Denounce them, call them and voice you opinion. Tell them, NO DRILLING IN THE AMAZON!!!

And I say, the death of the amazon will be the death of the entire planet.. Get involved!!!! watch this video.. then decide. http://www.businessvideonews.com/view_news_link.php?nlid=52214&p=1

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Yes no one likes pollution in our own back yard but do you know what american oil companies are doing overseas??? pollution and killing natives.. Watch this video.. These criminal oil companies have to be denounced...Other nations are paying the price of their greed, our greed. If you want to save the amazon, contact the ambassy in Peru and voice your opposition to american companie who are now buying their forests, to drill... It will be an environmental disaster just like Nigeria... If interested check Nigeria... American companies hires blackwater to kill anyone opposing drilling in their own countries.

The death of the Everglades would be the death of South Florida - this move is a win win for every resident of the state. The Everglades pollution and shrinking size was a very real threat to fresh water resources - and that translates to less clean drinking water for all residents - human and animal. This is an important issue the article neglected to address. Everglades restoration is a smart move for a state that is facing very real threats, both environmenal and financial.