[clearcarbon]

"Proof of a forward thinking CAN-do attitude. :)"

I'd guess that back then they didn't have leaders that, for such a project, demanded endless environmental studies for the sole purpose of wasting time and money until it could be outlawed.

[moose07]

The leaders would often investment in these projects themselves.
Nothing like being associated with progress form political gain and make a few quid on the side.
After having argued the daylights out of it in Parliament first, of course.