Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...

11/3/2012
1 work in a mine or work maintaining a solar power
2 array?
3 In conclusion: More jobs and clean jobs.
4 Thank you.
5 o-O-o
6 GREGG BLOMBERG: My name is Gregg Blomberg;
7 I live on Lopez. I've been there since 1968, so I've
8 had 44 years on the islands.
9 Interesting testimony today. A few people
10 talking about jobs and a little bit of gain from
11 taxes, but not a whole lot of testimony in the other
12 direction.
13 I'd like to talk about the jobs. Today in
14 America and many other countries around the earth we
15 hear much about jobs. Jobs are important to all of
16 us. We need jobs. This is where our families pay the
17 rent and buy our food.
18 But in fact I think in the future there may
19 not be jobs on this planet for all of us. That's just
20 a part of our reality.
21 And in thinking about it, I believe there is
22 no guarantee we will be able to keep supporting what
23 surely must be, when compared to the earth's people, a
24 pretty lavish life-style.
25 How much of our souls are we willing to
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