Third World America - Arianna Huffington [100]
20 “If we don’t do something quickly …”: “The Next American Economy: Transforming Energy and Infrastructure Investment,” 3 Feb. 2010, www.brookings.edu.
21 According to Department of Transportation estimates: American Society of Civil Engineers, “National Fact Sheet,” 2005, www.asce.org.
22 In addition, it could also produce what Rendell: “Pa.’s Rendell Urging Fix for Bridges, Roads,” 29 Jun. 2008, www.npr.org.
23 As the debate over the stimulus began: Thomas Friedman, “Time to Reboot America,” 23 Dec. 2008, www.nytimes.com.
24 The result was a bill Jeffrey Sachs: Jeffrey Sachs, “A Fiscal Straitjacket,” 27 Jan. 2009, www.ft.com.
25 In the end, the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Ed O’Keefe, “Eye Opener: April 14, 2009,” www.washingtonpost.com.
26 “I fear that we may soon look back and say …”: Van Jones, in conversation with the author, 2 Feb. 2009.
27 Faced with an even more devastating economic crisis: Alan Brinkley, “Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,” Feb. 2000, www.fdrheritage.org.
28 Among them is Steven Solomon: “Will the Next War Be Fought over Water?” 3 Jan. 2010, www.npr.org.
29 Despite the indispensable nature: Jeanne M. VanBriesen, “The Nation’s Big Water Repair Bill,” 11 Apr. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
30 Indeed, some of the nation’s tap water: Charles Duhigg, “Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly,” 14 Mar. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
31 As a result of leaking pipes, we lose: American Society of Civil Engineers, “Infrastructure Report Card Fact Sheet: Drinking Water,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
32 According to a New York Times analysis of data: Charles Duhigg, “Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly,” 14 Mar. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
33 Washington, D.C., averages a water line break: Ibid.
34 “We have about two million miles of pipe …”: “Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure,” 19 Oct. 2009, www.infrastructureusa.org.
35 Even now, our tap water is becoming: Testimony of Judy Treml, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 15 Oct. 2009, www.transportation.house.gov.
36 “Older systems are plagued by chronic overflows …”: American Society of Civil Engineers, “America’s Infrastructure Report Card Fact Sheet: Wastewater,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
37 While demand for electricity has risen: Thomas J. Donohue, “Rebuilding America—the Time Is Now,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 10 Aug. 2007, www.uschamber.com.
38 Since we need all the power: American Society of Civil Engineers, “America’s Infrastructure Report Card Fact Sheet: Energy,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
39 These ongoing brownouts and blackouts: U.S. Department of Energy, “Smart Grid System Report,” Jul. 2009, www.energy.gov.
40 The ASCE estimates that it could take: American Society of Civil Engineers, “America’s Infrastructure Report Card Fact Sheet: Energy,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
41 On August 14, 2003, we got a glimpse: Allan J. DeBlasio et al., “Learning from the 2003 Blackout,” U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Sep./Oct. 2004, www.tfhrc.gov.
42 What happened? Power lines, heavy from: “U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force: Final Report on the August 14th Blackout in the United States and Canada,” 61, 93, www.energy.gov.
43 America’s roads are also in miserable shape: American Society of Civil Engineers, “America’s Infrastructure Report Card: Roads,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
44 From 1980 to 2005, the miles traveled by cars: Ibid.
45 Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year: Ibid.
46 City drivers have it particularly bad: Ted R. Miller and Eduard Zaloshnja, “On a Crash Course: The Dangers and Health Costs of Deficient Roadways,” Apr. 2009, www.pire.org.
47 Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) determined: Ibid.
48 53 percent of the forty-two thousand road fatalities: Ibid.
49 We are currently spending $70 billion annually: American Society of Civil Engineers, “America’s Infrastructure Report Card: Roads,” 2009, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.