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Originally Posted by LadyShea

Those are regulatory and logistical problems, as you said "waste handling". There is plenty of empty land in the US for landfill use if they can figure out a way to process and ship it efficiently and states can work together. Hell, 95% of Nevada is open, empty desert.

I daresay, it's probably more than that. I'd say a lot of trash has already been dumped in Nevada. There is a huge pile of trash around the intersection of US 95 and I-515.

One person's "open, empty desert", ready for landfills, is another's "pristine wilderness" providing idyllic living circumstances for a variety of creatures.

It's more than regulatory and logistical problems. Most major American metropolitan areas are facing the filling and closure of their landfills in the next ten years. Either they will be forced to deal with it another way (burning, say...*cough*cough*) or locate and build yet another landfill... I hear there are plenty of empty valleys in Alabama, too. How about in YOUR backyard?

The government has figured out ways to get nuclear waste here from all over the country, surely it can be done with garbage.

They have? You sure coulda fooled me. Tell 'em to come pick up those stinkin' radioactive fuel rods at Trojan ASAP, wouldja? We've been waiting fifteen years on the promise they'd have it all fixed up for us ten years ago.

Also, why are we having this discussion here? This is a lighthearted thread and I made a joking comment based on my years in retail. You, once again, seem to be getting all angry and short with me about some pet peeve of yours.

I dunno... The topic came up. I did not realize that you were the arbiter of what is discussed and what is not. Or even what is lighthearted or not. Excuuuuuuse me.