The Canton Mill sits in the middle of Canton, a city of about 4000 people on the banks of the Pigeon River, in western North Carolina, in the forested mountains. Paper is made from trees. Having a paper mill in the forest means that transportation costs for moving cut-down trees are low. Having a paper mill in the middle of a small city means that transportation costs for moving labor are low, too. Having a paper mill on a river means that transportation costs for moving waste used to be low, too. Things have changed some, but the past is still with us here.
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22.6.09
the other side of nature
The Canton Mill sits in the middle of Canton, a city of about 4000 people on the banks of the Pigeon River, in western North Carolina, in the forested mountains. Paper is made from trees. Having a paper mill in the forest means that transportation costs for moving cut-down trees are low. Having a paper mill in the middle of a small city means that transportation costs for moving labor are low, too. Having a paper mill on a river means that transportation costs for moving waste used to be low, too. Things have changed some, but the past is still with us here.
1.6.09
natural unnatural
Rutherford Beach, on the Louisiana Gulf of Mexico shore, is everything: water, sand, sky, and an industrial platform that probably belongs to the petroleum industry.
27.5.09
power
Southern Louisiana is powered by the oil industry. The highway—Interstate 10—going through Lake Charles is surrounded on both sides with refineries and who-all-knows what else. A place down the road is called Sulfur.
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