This is what I love about public radio. We find the stuff no one is thinking about before the rest of country catches on!
We're all focused on Oil Refineries while we're about to be cursed with a shortage of concrete! Thank God I got my patio poured last year!
The story is well written and edited. A bit slow on the pace here and there but nothing that would prevent me from putting this on my air. I would run this right away if I were a news station. The yuppies planning that second vacation house MUST KNOW ABOUT THIS!
All jokes aside, this is a quality piece that has the potential to get your listeners talking at the water cooler about how the world is going to hell in a hand basket...first gas, now concrete!
I liked this piece not only because I work with concrete all the time in my job, but also because it might open the public eyes about everyday resources we take for granted like cheap gas, cheap concrete, and cheap lumber. It demonstrates the domino effect that occurs as a result of natural or man-made events and how even the most obscure happenings can effect everyone. Is this another version of "The Butterfly Effect"?
In any case, we as individuals, communities or countries all need to be aware of the effects our actions produce, globally as well as locally.
"Hope for the best, plan for the worst".
Comments for Cement Shortages
Produced by Stephen Raher
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Steve Yasko
Posted on September 28, 2005 at 06:20 PM | Permalink
Review of Cement Shortages
Who Would Have Ever Guessed??
This is what I love about public radio. We find the stuff no one is thinking about before the rest of country catches on!
We're all focused on Oil Refineries while we're about to be cursed with a shortage of concrete! Thank God I got my patio poured last year!
The story is well written and edited. A bit slow on the pace here and there but nothing that would prevent me from putting this on my air. I would run this right away if I were a news station. The yuppies planning that second vacation house MUST KNOW ABOUT THIS!
All jokes aside, this is a quality piece that has the potential to get your listeners talking at the water cooler about how the world is going to hell in a hand basket...first gas, now concrete!
Dave Barnes
Posted on September 26, 2005 at 07:46 AM | Permalink
Review of Cement Shortages
I liked this piece not only because I work with concrete all the time in my job, but also because it might open the public eyes about everyday resources we take for granted like cheap gas, cheap concrete, and cheap lumber. It demonstrates the domino effect that occurs as a result of natural or man-made events and how even the most obscure happenings can effect everyone. Is this another version of "The Butterfly Effect"?
In any case, we as individuals, communities or countries all need to be aware of the effects our actions produce, globally as well as locally.
"Hope for the best, plan for the worst".