Word: nimbyism
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...also because, in an economic slowdown, the government can provide direct stimulus by engaging in building projects. Now is the time because Americans have been knocked out of their complacency and greed into a fit of patriotism and sacrifice and are less likely to engage in irritating and detrimental NIMBYism. While Americans are certainly not naive enough to believe that building a new garbage dump will help win the war on terrorism, the country is nevertheless in a new state of mind right now, and if the money were allocated, the government would likely find it a lot easier...
...caving into Nimbyism in Florida, the Bush administration has decimated its own energy plan," said Rep. David Vitter, (R-La.) "I think this really just shuts down the opportunity to do anything productive to reduce our dependence on foreign oil." Oil companies are particularly disappointed to lose a "stovepipe" portion of the area that extended straight up toward Mobile and the tip of the Florida panhandle, thought to contain rich natural-gas deposits in shallow water...
...will be distributed by 2010, so it's no wonder that heavyweights like Honeywell and Ingersoll-Rand are moving into the burgeoning business. Still, Maureen Helmer, chairman of the New York State public service commission, insists that "this is just a transitional measure." Perhaps. But for utilities grappling with NIMBYism and small businesses worried about an electricity crunch, it could be a long-term remedy...
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