tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post1153333816041121408..comments2024-03-27T05:23:48.855-04:00Comments on Krugman-in-Wonderland: An Now, Another Look at "Climategate" and the NY TimesWilliam L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-66249558742173816192010-08-31T16:53:58.035-04:002010-08-31T16:53:58.035-04:00If they wanted to end foreign shipping bringing fo...If they wanted to end foreign shipping bringing foreign manufctured goods into our country with a carbon footprint and dirty watet trail KRUGMAN might be right.<br /><br />The following excerpt is from a Dec 2009 report for Congress about national legislation and ballast water.<br /><br />“Although estimates of the costs of ballast treatment may be imprecise and vary from vessel to<br />vessel, there is some general agreement on average costs.14 For example, it may cost an estimated $400,000 per vessel for modification of container/bulk vessels to use onshore ballast water treatment facilities at California ports. More generally, the cost of retrofitting vessels to treat<br />ballast water has been estimated at between $200,000 and $310,000 per vessel for mechanical<br />treatment and around $300,000 for chemical treatment.15 Most of this expense will be borne by<br />foreign shipping companies, as the U.S. flag fleet is a small percentage of the global fleet,16 and<br />likely passed along to consumers of products imported on these ships.”<br /><br />Although this type of legislation may hurt our current largest employers, in the long run it may even help produce jobs that will stay in America, if implemented fast enough. The longer we delay, we are allowing the foreign shipping industry to prepare for “change” while Americans are out of work. Currently the only work being done is another delay for a twenty year Coast Guard phase in with another study and some ships are going towards that direction now, because the life of their investment will be assured despite better technology? It is wrong to offer incentives to foreign ships bringing foreign made goods into our country while Americans are out of work, so they will keep our waters clean. We need legislation with<br />strict limits for human virus and bacterial pathogens counts, that concentrates on enforcement as the report for Congress states the cost will mostly be borne by foreign shipping.<br />If this continues on for another six years there will not be much hope for America ever again to become cost competitive manufactures.<br />Sadly the legislation we needed, for ballast water (H.R.2830) passed the house in 2008 for the change we needed, was killed by one Senator Boxer, over states rights while the three top officials in this administration were Senators. This could very well be America’s last chance, if this administration passes the Law of the Sea treaty before national ballast water legislation is passed, it will be next to impossible to ever have national legislation as we will be committing to the provissions for ballast water in the treaty , which will follow the International Maritime Organization. They are primarily made up of foreign economic interest as the report noted the percentage of American ships in the Global fleet to be small.<br />please fight never give up the history of our country long after we are gone will depend on it. Don MitchelDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231149011320460370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-21519093558912636702010-07-14T08:02:25.867-04:002010-07-14T08:02:25.867-04:00Absolutely. And the NYT still has Duranty's Pu...Absolutely. And the NYT still has Duranty's Pulitzer Prize picture in its lobby.William L. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-78976553334247409022010-07-14T05:01:34.419-04:002010-07-14T05:01:34.419-04:00Before having the post till the end, I would like ...Before having the post till the end, I would like to bring your attention to one more issue in the history of the New York Times — the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_the_Holodomor#Walter_Duranty_and_The_New_York_Times" rel="nofollow">Denial of Holodomor by Walter Duranty</a> (a Pulitzer Prize winner and a long-time NYT journalist).<br /><br />Some argue that the brutal lies on the pages of NYT played a crucial role for diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union by FDR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com