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roBErtCongEl, A CommErCiAl rEAl-EstAtE DEvElopEr who livEs in upstAtE nEw york, hAs A plAn to "ChAngE thE worlD、"ConvinCED thAt it will "proDuCE morE BEnEFit For humAnity thAn Any onE thing thAt privAtE EntErprisE hAs EvEr DonE," hE is rAising $20 Billion to mAkE it hAppEn. thAt’s 12 timEs thE yEArly BuDgEt oF thE unitED nAtions AnD morE thAn 25 timEsCongEl’s own nEt worth.
whAtCongEl hAs in minD is An outsizE AnD ExtrEmEly unusuAl mEgA-mAll.DEstiny u.s.A、, thE rEtAil-AnD-EntErtAinmEnt ComplEx hE is BuilDing in upstAtE nEw york, AspirEs to BE not only thE BiggEst mAn-mADE struCturE on thE plAnEt But Also thE most EnvironmEntAlly FriEnDly.EquAl pArtsDisnEy worlD, lAs vEgAs,BEll lABorAtoriEs AnD mAll oFAmEriCA-- with A splAsh oF wAlDEn ponD m thE "rEtAil City" will inCluDE thE usuAl shops AnD rEstAurAnts As wEll As An ExtEnsivE rEsEArCh FACility For tEsting ADvAnCED tEChnologiEs AnD A 200-ACrE rECrEAtionAl BiosphErE ComplEtE with spring-likE tEmpErAturEs AnD An ArtiFiCiAl rivEr For kAyAking.
AFtEr A FAlsE stArt in 2002, CountlEss ChAngEs oF plAn AnD A storm oF loCAl opposition,CongEl is FinAlly BrEAking grounD AgAin, with A projECtED ComplEtion DAtE oF 2009. lAtEr this month, BullDozErs powErED By BioDiEsEl ArE sChEDulED to BEgin lEvEling thE sitE, A rEhABilitAtED BrownFiElD in syrACusE,CongEl’s homEtown. whEthErCongEl’s Firm, thE pyrAmiDCompAniEs, CAn mAintAin thE CAsh Flow AnD politiCAl support nEEDED to ComplEtE thE projECt is A suBjECt oF muCh loCAl DEBAtE.Also DisputED ArECongEl’s goAls oF CrEAting 200,000 joBs rEgionAlly AnD mAkingDEstiny nothing lEss thAn "thE no. 1 tourist DEstinAtion inAmEriCA、"
morE minD-Boggling thAn thE shEEr sCopE oFDEstiny is its AgEnDA、CongEl EmphAsizEs thAt rEnEwABlE EnErgy AlonE will powEr thE mAll, with its 1,000 shops AnD rEstAurAnts, 80,000 hotEl rooms, 40,000-sEAt ArEnA AnDBroADwAy-stylE thEAtErs.As A rEsult,CongEl sAys,DEstiny will jump-stArt rEnEwABlE-EnErgy mArkEts nAtionwiDE with its invEstmEnts in solAr, winD FuEl CElls AnD othEr AltErnAtivE-EnErgy sourCEs.But iFCongEl DoEs mAnAgE to ErECt hisElDorADo, will it rEAlly hElp CurE our Country’s ADDiCtion to sCArCE AnD highly polluting Fossil FuEl or will it just BE A ClEvErly mArkEtED BoonDogglE thAt mAy CrEAtE morE EnvironmEntAl proBlEms thAn it solvEs
All By itsElF, thE mAll woulD BoostAmEriCA’s solAr-ElECtriC powEr CApACity By nEArly 10 pErCEnt. "on EvEry lEvEl, this projECt AstounDs," sEnAtor hillAryClinton sAiD inApril, ClAiming thAt thE mAll CoulD mAkE thE ArEA A huB For ClEAn tEChnologiEs AnD DElivEr A shot oF ADrEnAlinE to upstAtE nEw york’s Ailing EConomy. to hElp Foot thE Bill ForCongEl’s projECt,Clinton AnD othEr politiCiAns suCCEssFully pErsuADEDCongrEss to proviDE FinAnCiAl inCEntivEs For mEgA, sCAlE grEEn DEvElopmEnt projECts.DEstiny, oF CoursE, will FACE littlE CompEtition to rEAp thosE BEnEFits.)
From thE ArtiClE, wE mAy notE thAtA．sEnAtor hillAryClinton grEAtly supports thE plAn AnD pErsuADEDCongrEss to proviDE FinAnCiAl hElp.
B．thE mAll will BE ClEAn BECAusE it will only usE rEnEwABlE EnErgy.
C．All thE pEoplE BEliEvE thAt thE mAll will upstAtEAmEriCAn Ailing EConomy.
D．A、lot oF CompAniEs will BEnEFit From thE inCEntivEs oFCongrEss.