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Infrastructure in Iraq
Monday, August 30, 2010
Look what we did! We're about done with Iraq, so when we talk about leaving them with a few problems to untangle, let's keep this one in mind. Getting something as basic as power is now an enormous problem -- and it can no longer be blamed on insurgents. Here's a story about their current situation. It's from Radio Free Europe ("jkl;lkj cdioi xzskyioio, "On Broadvey...," for those of you out there who still remember the famous 60s PSA), so I wouldn't look to this story for deeply balanced information, but good lord. It is all about infrastructure, yes?
Posted by Scott Huler
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Wires, pipes, roads, and water support the lives we lead, but the average person doesn't know where they go or even how they work. Our systems of infrastructure are not only shrouded in mystery, many are woefully out of date. In On the Grid, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the systems that sustain our way of life, starting from his own quarter of an acre in North Carolina and traveling as far as Ancient Rome.
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