Yesterday on RT News putin’s mouthpiece they had this show, Boom Bust and they described in exagerrated manner how “all” of American infrastructure is falling apart, as only RT news can. American infrastructure got a D+.
https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org
https://www.businessinsider.com/asce-gives-us-infrastructure-a-d-2017-3
RT news even went as far as comparing some American roads and railway lines to third world countries nikashindwa kwani hawajui tunajenga zetu?!? We are not so third world any more.
The lesson I took away is that there’s a price to pay for development. These countries that developed very early have to maintain all their crap and the price is really steep: RT news said $2.3 trillion just to refurbish all of America’s infrastructure! 2.3 trillion!!
The Business insider says $4.5 trillion!
I think that is a gross political exaggeration right there. Trump just okayed 200 billion for road repairs which I think is a lot but the democrats want even more. Kwani wanataka zijengwe na dhahabu? 200 billion dollars is insane money. Na ukiangalia zile barabara wanasema, no potholes, still well marked, well lit… old yes, but they still work.
And the Chinese are lobbying like crazy for American projects don’t know if they are getting them. The likes of CCA or China Construction America has operated in America for decades on mainly small to midsize projects. Being a foreign company they can’t land big federal projects. Even CRBC is trying to get into the U.S. It seems everyone forgot their engineering except the Chinese. Alright, maliza kucheer Charley Flani…
https://www.cnbc.com/id/100758226
And the issue isn’t really that things are completely falling apart , the issue is that Americans and Japanese and the British peoples (yaani old first world nations)… they WANT NEW SHIT!
They see Qatar, they see Dubai, they see China… and they also want new and shiny like those guys are building. Wanasahau that 70 years from now those hotels in Dubai will also be pretty old. To be first world by todays definition, I guess, you also have to be new and shiny.
The Hoover dam for instance is a solid dam. But it was built with a 50 year lifespan which elapsed years ago. Do you bring her down and start afresh? Of course she’s a monument you can’t destroy her specifically but what of other dams? Now imagine all the other dams and bridges in America, zote chini! Hoover ni mzee but ndio imeshikilia stima ya Vegas and huge parts of Arizona and California. A still very relevant old dam. 154 people died during her construction.
The Wanjigi’s of America definitely want those kind of projects. Destroy and rebuild again.And they are the fellows pushing insane figures. $150 billion just to upgrade Amtrac railway lines! 150 billion dollars! In their defence American railway infrastructures are pretty old (and slow) and they have caused recent derailments and avoidable deaths. But $150 billion… Shiet, that’s 15 trillion shillings just to repair a railway line!
Even the white house is old. Trump started complaing about old toilets before he even occupied the place. Most govt. buildings around the globe are often ancient anyway. I’m very sure Uhuru has considered reconstructing state house. Ni vile tu anajua hataishi huko sana.
Nairobi is peopled with very ancient buildings, hata KICC, do we bring them all down? Hizi maduka pale river road some from the 1940s, should they all come down? Our 7 forks dams, I’m sure zimezeeka with even risks of flooding, overflowing, breaking apart… hizo zote zibomolewe?! Hata kama zinafanya kazi?! Hata SGR 70 years from now…
That is the dilemma in this rich countries. Tubomoe ana tuwache tu?
In Japan wengi huwa wanakunywa karust kidogo. Pipe za maji ni za zamani sana. Na hio imewapatia stress. Hata Nairobi ni hivo tu. Hata China mnayoipenda na kuisifu, uzee iko. Lead pipes and old asbestos huwezi kosa. Communist era buildings even houses from before Jesus was born… still in use. Hata hio Russia ya RT news. Those old spires they keep repainting ni mzee sana. The colourful onion dome is from the 15th century! Now imagine how old the water pipes in Russia are. Imagine all the ancient infrastructure from the communist era. Na ujue mingi zilijengwa with deficits of cement and timber and metal.
San Francisco Golden gate bridge magnificent but old. It serves a purpose, but ni mzee and in need of repairs. The Wanjigi’s there are proposing a complete overhaul including American ports,water ways e.g. in Florida, bridges, roads, cannals, overpasses underpasses, EVERYTHING… even the internet! Oh yes internet fiber and cabling from the 90s imezeeka. Slower internet throughout the cables. The cables that run under the sea and into American cities and to the rest of the world pia ati zinafaa overhaul.
This is interesting because God’s green earth never grows old. His rocks, His flowers stay fresh and shining. Some Americans even want to cross over to Mars because America is an old fart. Alas that is the cost/curse of development; new today, old tomorrow. But old is also gold!
Na mmeamua ku recycle nugu gani kati ya hizi?
Kibaki’s first choice. Anaweza? Ni mzee, ni mwizi hatari, lakini ni mpole pia. (I’m sure the Luhya’s are like, “oh shiet could this be the day? Could this be the time?! Kwa hivo ako under consideration??!”)
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Ama ni hii? Lakini hii itakula kila kitu. Hatari sana.
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The rest are not worth having their photos posted, but time will tell.