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Antonio, I've always delayed listening to that record; maybe I'll give it a listen. By the way, some time ago I saw a video of Jopek on YouTube, she seems like a great lady. This month I've done a bit of shopping, so for a while, it's off the table. Changing the subject, do you know Matthias Eick?

Hi macaco. The review is unusual, all things considered it’s not too bad. You started listening to jazz with an album that I consider a midpoint in Pat's discography, definitely not bad, but also not great. What other Pat albums have you listened to?
@contemplation. Hi conte, just so you know, when it comes to Metheny, Antoniodeste is cassation. <) Regards.

macaco [without the a], of course this isn't a scolding, far from it. regards

Macacao, I partially agree with you, but only partially. More than a distinction between the considerations made so far and what you call THE PROBLEM, we need to distinguish between proximate causes and remote causes.
For the remote causes, I can [again] be partly in agreement with you, even though many things could be said on the subject, as ecology and environmental sciences are moving in different directions. You refer to Vernadskji’s approach, and perhaps you are talking about the Gaia hypothesis.
However, since then, many advances have been made, and I assure you that nature does not always move in cycles; indeed, revolutions/evolutions have occurred precisely due to significant perturbations of the biosphere. In a matter of minutes, as we say around here, a perturbation can be a cataclysmic eruption, for example, and there are many such examples documented in rock stratifications, which represent the history of the Planet.
But that’s not the point; in fact, addressing the problem this way distances and diminishes it. It’s all much closer to us. I don’t see hidden designs behind all this, but rather ignorance, carelessness, collusion—things that honestly escape my scientific training and that I gladly leave to those who study them daily.
Proximate causes, precisely. If these damn territorial plans are made, if territories are planned on long-term scales [15-20 years], these things don’t happen. Since the 1970s, ecology has been talking about this; there are applicable models that work and are already tested.
If there are composting facilities and biostabilization plants, these things don’t happen. If we’re allowed to work [we being the category; I study environmental sciences], these disasters don’t occur, or they can be contained and studied over time.
In the fervor of writing comment 10, I didn’t fully grasp Alessio’s thought. Now, upon rereading it, I think he wrote something feasible; waste federalism would return responsibilities to each individual, and when the bins in the Northeastern regions are overflowing and when in the rice fields of Piedmont there are buried trucks full of radioactive waste, then maybe it will come naturally and spontaneously to someone to understand the problems of Naples and our future issues.

Ale, what you write is true; the most significant difference between your problem and ours is the illegal dumping of industrial waste, precisely what is portrayed in the film. And certainly, that’s not trivial; indeed, I don’t want to compare the two situations on the same scale. But it’s coming our way too, Alessio. Puglia generates 130 percent of the energy it needs. This means we export some to the rest of the Mezzogiorno. Yet, there are plans for three unnecessary regasifiers [we are the only region or district in Europe planning so many], two incinerators in the province of Taranto, and on top of that, there’s an attempt to create a huge biofuel plant near Casarano, my hometown. What’s the problem? The plant will always operate at low capacity; it wouldn’t be enough to convert all the arable land in Puglia to reach maximum production. And where will they get the oil for the biofuel? From Indonesia, they’ve said so! At a press conference [not publicized; it was just me and a couple of other unfortunate souls], they clearly stated that the fuel will be imported from the Far East. So much for sustainable development and fair trade.
In Nardò, on the other hand, there are plans for two or three nuclear power plants, to be built in an area that floods once every three years, and they will naturally bury the waste deposits. Consider that people there live almost exclusively off agriculture, olive oil, and wine. The construction will naturally be entrusted to private companies because the institutions have no money. And of course, everything will be done in the name of savings and precariousness.
Do you understand, Alessio, what the problem is? Why do I make an effort to write, knowing that most people couldn’t care less [perhaps it’s the same on DeBaser]? I am witnessing a colonization; in five years, I won’t be the master of my own house. Just like you and all the Neapolitans who cannot choose to live in Naples but can only die in Naples, I can choose to emigrate abroad after graduation, or I can die slowly in my own land and watch it fade away with me. And Salento is a wonder, believe me.

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Oh, the fact that a page like this, even if it's a duplicate, has only five comments is not normal. It's not normal at all.

About three months ago, I was trying in every way to convince the people I know to watch it, trying to spread it as much as possible, explaining that we Salentini would face similar problems in the future. Naturally, they called me an enthusiast; people don't believe you until they have the shit right outside their door. A few days ago, I wrote in Alessio's review about what is happening in Salento. We too are at the brink of a waste disposal system collapse, and in about a month we will be in the same conditions. In towns like Gallipoli and Galatina, people have started to set fire to trash bins at night. It’s already a desperate situation; for years, environmental associations and citizen committees have been trying in vain to urge the Puglia Region and municipal authorities on this issue. The behavior of the Regional Council and Vendola has been absolutely irresponsible. There are several analogies with the Campania disaster; in this case too, there is a lack of treatment and sorting facilities. Just a few meters from the Ugento landfill, which collects waste from about 60 municipalities, there was supposed to be a composting plant for the treatment of unsorted waste. Designed and built by incompetent people, selected by corrupt and ignorant individuals, the work was halted because they designed it over a sinkhole. Didn’t they realize it earlier? Nobody asked what the hell was under three meters of red earth, no. And in the meantime, the landfill is already twice its capacity.

Here’s a link that explains some of the events of these days, in case you’re interested.

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I remembered that I commented on this page some time ago. Sorry, Alessio, it might annoy you, but I take advantage of this space to write about an environmental disaster that is about to happen in the land where I live, Salento. For 3 years, I SAY 3 YEARS, there has been talk of a waste emergency in Salento. Environmental associations are collecting signatures and holding protest sit-ins (I have participated in some myself). It has been known for a long time that the unsorted waste collection system is on the verge of collapse. Now the crisis is erupting. The "Burgesi" landfill in Ugento is the storage center for solid waste from dozens of municipalities in Lower Salento and it cannot hold any more. Everything is written here:
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The negligence of the media means that the problem is still not a matter of national public knowledge. Even at the local level, it is still talked about little, as if it were a trivial issue, because the collection of municipal solid waste in the affected municipalities has not yet been suspended. But the trucks have been stopped for two days and do not have permission to deposit the unsorted waste in the landfill. Before leaving home and kicking the journalists from RAI who will come to film the heaps of garbage near my house, as if they had made a scoop, I try to do my part and inform as much as I can considering that I am not a journalist nor can I do it. Campania, Puglia, and other southern realities are the weak link of a rotten system, devoid of any territorial planning. What happened in Naples and what will happen in about a month in my land will also happen in other Italian realities, it’s just a matter of time. Sorry again, Alessio, but this was the most appropriate page.

Aqualife is a guarantee. This could be my next purchase, a record among my favorites by Coltrane.