tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post9183931584130664819..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Municipalized trash is 'uncivilized'Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-4218227234454579832009-09-23T18:44:52.340-04:002009-09-23T18:44:52.340-04:00I doubt that the cost of construction could ever b...I doubt that the cost of construction could ever be justified for a system like this in Toledo.<br /><br />I was on vacation in Northern Wisconsin recently. We rented a luxury cabin in the middle of a wilderness area owned by Native Americans. Our 'cabin' was a ranch style two bedroom home, 1 bath, with a magnificent layout and excellent construction. I learned later on that five of these cabins had been fully built in six weeks, start to finish. Of course all the laborers were Native Americans and so did not belong to a labor union.<br /><br />I'd like to send you a few pix to illustrate my point, but I cannot imagine even one cabin getting finished in six weeks, let alone five. In Toledo, that is.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-80762227919579932602009-09-21T19:55:43.434-04:002009-09-21T19:55:43.434-04:00Kadim - that is just soooo cool! Thanks for the l...Kadim - that is just soooo cool! Thanks for the link.<br /><br />I think there are certain areas in the city of Toledo that would benefit from such a system...We're already connected to the sewer and water systems. I wonder if we could piggy back on them.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-84618649550284397152009-09-21T16:08:27.060-04:002009-09-21T16:08:27.060-04:00Our houses might be directly connected to undergro...<i>Our houses might be directly connected to underground trash-transmission services that would whisk it all away in an instant.</i><br /><br />That <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Vacuum_Collection" rel="nofollow">does exist</a>, mostly outside of the US however. <br /><br />That might be because you need a dense city for such a system to be appropriate.Kadimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341840022248976546noreply@blogger.com