Karen Iacovelli Top fanOctober 19, 2024 at 10:05 am
There is ZERO planning in SC-only “accommodating” developers. Infrastructure is an afterthought. It’s way past time that not only counties develop master plans, but the state legislature has been negligent in doing so. Jim DeMint was no mere futurist when he saw the need for rail. He was scoffed. Upstate Forever had the forsight to see the need to protect a vital ecosystem. Perhaps instead of giving Scout Motors $1.3 billion for nothing, & Bill Stern $500 million in leases, funds should be set aside for smart planning, for underground utilities, for a moratorium on major development until
the legislature & counties stop prioritizing helter/skelter building but re-read “No Man Is An Island” and understand the need for sustainable development.
CongareeCatfish Top fanOctober 21, 2024 at 10:18 am
The Black Eye of Monticello still stings, and will for decades to come. The result of passing crony legislation (i.e., the “Rankin Spankin”) that allows a utility to shift all financial consequences of its project risk to the ratepayers and taxpayers. It is an age- old axiom of human nature that when you remove the consequences of poor performance and failure, almost every time, that is precisely what you receive. The reasonable fear of failure is a powerful motivator in the construction industry. Somehow the key committee members of the legislature failed to understand it, or the steak dinners, golf outings and top shelf bourbon was just too persuasive. The kicker of all this is that we are going to have to go back to the table for nuclear – there is just no way around it. All things considered, nuclear is the best source of power. It is certainly the most resilient in terms of withstanding what mother nature can throw at it and longevity of usage.
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There is ZERO planning in SC-only “accommodating” developers. Infrastructure is an afterthought. It’s way past time that not only counties develop master plans, but the state legislature has been negligent in doing so. Jim DeMint was no mere futurist when he saw the need for rail. He was scoffed. Upstate Forever had the forsight to see the need to protect a vital ecosystem. Perhaps instead of giving Scout Motors $1.3 billion for nothing, & Bill Stern $500 million in leases, funds should be set aside for smart planning, for underground utilities, for a moratorium on major development until
the legislature & counties stop prioritizing helter/skelter building but re-read “No Man Is An Island” and understand the need for sustainable development.
The Black Eye of Monticello still stings, and will for decades to come. The result of passing crony legislation (i.e., the “Rankin Spankin”) that allows a utility to shift all financial consequences of its project risk to the ratepayers and taxpayers. It is an age- old axiom of human nature that when you remove the consequences of poor performance and failure, almost every time, that is precisely what you receive. The reasonable fear of failure is a powerful motivator in the construction industry. Somehow the key committee members of the legislature failed to understand it, or the steak dinners, golf outings and top shelf bourbon was just too persuasive. The kicker of all this is that we are going to have to go back to the table for nuclear – there is just no way around it. All things considered, nuclear is the best source of power. It is certainly the most resilient in terms of withstanding what mother nature can throw at it and longevity of usage.