http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6069022.stm

Tonight we are back to an article about Canals in South America.

This article discusses the possibility of Nicaragua building a canal. The cost of the project 18 billion dollars. The need for such a canal... questionable at best...

While the economy of Nicaragua could use the revenue and the jobs that this project would bring to the region, does the human race as a whole require another huge hole to be made in the South American Continent in order to make shipping routes a little faster. Do the needs of the world outweigh the needs of Nicaragua? Well the land does "belong" to the Nicaraguan people and as such I guess the decision should rest with them.. will it? Should the decision be made in mind that this canal will undoubtedly hurt the Panama canal to the south and cause lost revenue/profit/jobs/ etc... Do they have an obligation to think about that? What good does it do humanity if people are made to suffer a little less while others, who are hard done by are made to suffer more... all to the benefit of the wealthy north?

The article raisedthe issue as to whether or not the canal fills a need or whether or not it fills a want or a gap as the article describes it.

Such projects usually bring international recognition to a place as well as a long and storied history surrounding the project. However, the process of building a canal is not an easy one. The troubles that were endured to build the Panama Canal were vast and many many bodies lay under the water.

Another question arises as to whether or not we, as humans, have the rights to destroy a large piece of land and in turn cause the environmental fallout which would ensue.. however,, a bit of extra area over which to spread the water may ease the melting of the polar ice caps... joke..

Just the rantings of an accountant on Sunday Evening



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