tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post5000771260893695931..comments2024-01-29T17:58:00.974-05:00Comments on Galileo Blogs: Galileo Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-77576047837181568652007-05-06T22:15:00.000-04:002007-05-06T22:15:00.000-04:00GB, I agree with your suggestion that people shoul...GB, I agree with your suggestion that people should go view industrial plants. My city actually has a park, called Overlook Park where you can view Dow Chemical's Michigan Operations. I used to go up there at night just to view the plant. Spectacular!Kendall Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347999421000858925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-2455533436247749842007-04-29T10:00:00.000-04:002007-04-29T10:00:00.000-04:00Yes, most people are BANANAs, especially the Calif...Yes, most people are BANANAs, especially the Californians. Some people are only NIMBY and not yet BANANAs.<BR/><BR/>If I lived in California, it would make me bananas that because of the BANANAs, I pay 50% more for electricity than the average American, and a lot more for gasoline as well.Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-61985685107260742082007-04-29T09:35:00.000-04:002007-04-29T09:35:00.000-04:00Whenever I see someone use the acronym NIMBY in re...Whenever I see someone use the acronym NIMBY in reference to environmentalists shutting down building, I like to remind them that NIMBY is just the friendly face of the more devious BANANA: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-48920919766662453542007-04-26T09:23:00.000-04:002007-04-26T09:23:00.000-04:00Galileo,You know, it had never occurred to me to d...Galileo,<BR/><BR/>You know, it had never occurred to me to do that. That's a good idea. I'm definitely going to have to do that at some point.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-81643361481128544102007-04-25T09:10:00.000-04:002007-04-25T09:10:00.000-04:00Thanks, Inspector.In that vein, I recommend that e...Thanks, Inspector.<BR/><BR/>In that vein, I recommend that every Objectivist (and everyone else, for that matter) should tour an industrial plant. It is quite a thing to behold up close. I have seen quite a few power plants over the years, and they never fail to impress me. The quiet competence of the engineers who run them, their cleanliness (as a rule, they are spit-polish clean), and the steady hum of the machines making electricity all inspire me. <BR/><BR/>When I think of these machines, I know that I've found my church. No vaulted spire of the most beautifully designed Gothic cathedral can evoke the same emotion in me that an industrial machine does.<BR/><BR/>The cathedral of Notre Dame or the illuminated towers of a refinery in the night sky? The choice is easy.<BR/><BR/>The former represents man's yearning for an unworldly ideal. The latter represents man's worldly ideal in action, on this earth.Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-78312307785635199302007-04-25T07:03:00.000-04:002007-04-25T07:03:00.000-04:00Cool picture, Galileo.Good article, of course, as ...Cool picture, Galileo.<BR/><BR/>Good article, of course, as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com