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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 -- 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. l 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 hiillAryClinton 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 hosE BEnEFits.)
AFtEr A FAlsE stArt, CountlEss ChAngEs oF plAn AnD grEAt loCAl opposition,______.A．CongEl’ s ConFiDEnCE FinAlly BrokE Down
B．CongEl DECiDED to moDiFy thE plAn
CongEl stArts AgAin without losing his ConFiDEnCE
D．CongEl ConsultEDCongrEss For suggEstions ______.