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题名：	LETTERS
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	In the September/October 2022 issue on page 8, Ed Maurer, Ph.D., RE., MASCE, responds to another reader in support of the recent federal infrastructure bill. By and large, it is hard for a civil engineer to speak against public infrastructure funding, as that is our bread and butter. Certainly, the industry as we know it is guided by evolving public policy, and our calling is to provide the best possible service toward the public health, safety, and welfare. But is some rushed, far-reaching federal policy the best solution? Maurer asks that we accept the current popular thought about energy, complete with its trillion-dollar price tag, arguing that the forerunners to the green revolution - rail, petroleum, and cars - were also heavily subsidized industries. Somehow, he makes the leap that this time will be different, that somehow, the current popular thought is vastly superior to yesterdays popular thought, and that the many environmental issues we see resulting from these early technologies won't find their way into green energy.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Civil Engineering
卷：	93
期：	1
页码：	6-6