What happens to all of those huge hulking ships, planes, trains and construction vehicles that are just too expensive to properly disassemble? Well, in many places of the World a little back-handed passing of money to the proper authorities can allow you to dump your rusty vehicle in a single place without any repercussions. There are areas where even the government is willing to look the other way as it's own fleet of old ships and planes are left to rust away. From dilapidated submarines to military aircraft the metal cemeteries are growing fast and because of this there is a new sense of fear that this will have environmental drawbacks.
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As well, click on the "Link" below to see the whole article which includes many pictures from around the World regarding more vehicles left to rust away.
http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/25/where-vehicles-are-left-to-die/ - via Deputy Dog
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=32.160973,-110.842781&spn=0.025359,0.041413&z=15&om=1
amazing waste. we need a good war.
I think we should sell them to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel or any other country that wants them. I am sure that there is some country out there that would want to restore them and use them to attack their neighbors.
Isn't that what we usually do?
I used to dream of visiting this place when I was an airplane nut as a kid. I can still name most of the planes from the Google maps image.
This place was also "featured" in some shots in Koyannisquatsi.