:( why the negativity!? It's just clearer...
Quote from the article:
The apparent cleanliness of the water is not in fact due to a lack of pollution, said Davide Tagliapetra, an environmental researcher at the Institute of Marine Science. He told a local TV station that the reason is the absence of motorised transport, which normally churns up the muddy canal floor.
Just finished the book this past weekend, highly recommend. The science is great but the philosophy behind it all was what was really interesting to me.
Chrome on Linux. One scroll blip on my mouse wheel and I'm half way down the page. I no longer care about what it costs to hire a pineapple or whatever the article was.