EFFINGHAM — Fifteen thousand years ago, the site of the former Boyle’s Family Market likely sat on a steep slope under an ancient lake formed by a retreating glacier.
That makes the location along Route 25 a particularly bad spot to put a gas station, according to Smith College Professor Emeritus of Geoscience Robert Newton, who is also the former director of Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability.
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Why would any sane person take this risk, the downside is devastating, the upside is a gas station.
The Aquifer is a precious resource, and I don't think there is any reason to risk polluting it for future generations, merely for convenience and profit. There are enough existing gas stations.
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