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California Water and Infrastructure Report
For October 22, 2020
“Despite the resounding economic success of the FDR economic recovery program that began in 1933, and despite JFK’s successful Apollo program that took us to the Moon, most economists and politicians today understand very little about how and why crash programs work as economic drivers—or, what even qualifies as a crash program. After 50 years, President Donald Trump has revived precisely this “Apollo spirit” in science, both to crush COVID-19 and take mankind back to the Moon and beyond. It is the method which produces vast new discoveries in basic science and new technologies because the mandate of the mission requires discovery itself. In the Apollo program, for example, almost all of the necessary discoveries made to facilitate getting to the Moon, were completely unknown at the beginning of the mission.”
From this week’s Feature, below
A Note To Readers
The Feature this week is an article from my colleague Brian Lantz, which presents the policy that must be the focus for President Trump’s second term. Lantz presents an in-depth picture of the science and infrastructure projects that can and must rebuild the nation.
Also in this week’s report:
The U.S. Drought Monitor this week shows no change in drought intensity for California, though the La Nina now clearly gripping us ensures drought in the state will intensify over the coming months.
The affect of that continues to be seen in the ongoing wildfire situation, which while not being given the headlines as seen during the past two months, continues to be intense and destructive. Several items present a summary of the fires this year and an update on the current situation. Also included in this section are a couple of items on what should and must be done to lessen the fuel-load in the forests.
As I frequently write here about the necessary financial and credit policies required to actually rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, next is a report on two conflicting proposals on what that system must be: One from the financial criminals running the current system and one from LaRouche PAC.
Next we have two sections on infrastructure developments. The first on nuclear power and the second titled: “Infrastructure: A Life and Death Necessity,” which begins with the Transaqua Project to refill Lake Chad in Central Africa. Then coverage of the World Food Organization mobilization to stop the massive starvation that already this year has seen 7 million people starve to death.
The report this week concludes with the Feature, discussed above.
