[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Yet their initial stages of development relied on practices that would not today be considered “environmental-friendly”,

Why did the West progress past these practices while you third-worlders are still stuck using medieval methods??

[MEGoody]

It's called money. It takes money to build the infrastructure the U.S. now has. The money comes slowly, and the infrastructure gets built up over time. They have to start somewhere.