Argumentative essay - Should the Port Phillip Bay(Melbourne, Australia) be dredged
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:38:11
Category: / History / European History
Length: 3 pages (778 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 3 pages (778 words)
Dredging of Port Phillip Bay
<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Georgia McKenzie 11G
Format: Essay
Audience: General, those interested in the environment
Purpose: To persuade the reader that the government should not dredge Port Phillip Bay.
The proposed dredging of …
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…to the public of the dredging will be at least $860 million not counting the cost to fishing industries and property values. The potential profit will not be worth the economic, and environmental cost.
Dredging Port Phillip Bay is clearly an expensive and potentially dangerous project that should be immediately dismissed. Economically it is not worthwhile, it poses significant public health risks, not to mention risk to the bay's marine life and therefore should not proceed.
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