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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Going with the flow?

The article, "Going with the flow?" from the Economist, the author mentions the debate about that fresh water should pour into Florida's Bay, or not. There are widely spreading coral and many species of animals which depend on coral. But, those are decreasing now. Some environmentalists and the American government, consider that pouring fresh water is the best solution of the problem, which is a dying coral. The reason is that Florida's marshes suffer from salt damaging. So, they believe that Florida's marshes require fresh water. However, other environmentalists consider that pouring fresh water cannot care about coral, and they believe that problem is a sewage discharging. In addition, the author mentions about economy of Florida that depends on visitors, so, if Florida's coral were to extinct in the future, it would lose industry of tourist.
I do not agree that the idea of pouring water into Florida's marshes, because this is not obey the natural rules which means normal environmental law. In addition, nobody decides the problem of dying coral. Perhaps, these are true that not only the idea of suffering from salt water but also the author points out that bacteria increase for fresh water. However, the American government does not have to pay for pouring water because if we meddle to nature, we do not go back again. We should entrust with natural power. Of course, at first we must not blot the water in Florida.
The American government should pay money for sewage protecting. I already know that Florida has a lot of illegal cesspit, and sewage from there to sea. The central disposal system is a good solution of sewage problem. However, the government does not like to make a new sewage protecting system, because this needs a lot of money. Obviously, much sewage destroys Florida's corals. So, the government should not regret paying money for environment, and we need to think about taking care of environment.
Many environmentalists argue that which one is better way to do pouring water, or not. But, it is true that they really think about Florida's future. I think sewage is main reason of dying corals. However, I believe that both environmentalists' goal is one. That is a regenerating corals and a recovering clean sea.

Reference:
The Economist. (2002, November 30). The Economist 365, 8301, p71. Retrieved from EBSCO, Academic Serch Premier Database, Jun. 26, 2005.

By Masaki

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