Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Taco

     People all over the world know what a taco is and most of them have had at least one in their life, although in many different countries tacos can be very different. The Aztec people of the Mexico area had been making "tacos" since around 3,000 BC. Different cultures in Mexico alone filled their version of the taco with different things, some used insects even! Although corn was the most common way to make the wrap of a taco some of the ancient peoples did use wheat also.

     Well I personally am not sure that I would be able to eat a taco that alls it had was insects in it. I'm more used to the good old "American" style tacos, just beef, cheese, lettuce, and a lot of probably very unhealthy things. Nowadays it has been changed into all sorts of different things, you can put almost anything on the taco, from insects to seafood to just seemingly ordinary meats like beef or chicken. I decided to do a blog specifically for the taco because I figured that since I love the "Americanized" version so much, then why not learn more about it. Maybe sometime in the future I will get a chance to try an authentic Mexican taco with all the fixings and all sorts of spicy things on it, but probably not for awhile.
     Site: http://www.helium.com/items/1185705-taco-how-to-make-a-taco-best-tacos-great-food-mexican-food-taco-belltortillas

Contaminacion Ambiental

      Mexico city has been said to be the most dangerous place in the world for children, due to how polluted the air has become over the last 50 years or so. Although humans played the biggest part in this pollution level the geography of Mexico city also played a part in it. Mexico City is located in the crater of an old extinct volcano and is 2,240 meters above sea level, being that high up causes all sorts of problems pollution wise, one of them being that it causes automobiles to give off more of the dangerous emissions like carbon monoxide. Being in a valley the city's air pollution goes into the air and stays there, because not a lot of wind can sweep it away.

      Well I have heard that breathing the air in Mexico City is like smoking a pack of cigarettes, and this article has really just contributed to me actually knowing how bad it is and honestly it doesn't sound like a place I would want to go to. With all the geographical issues that the city face, like the wind not sweeping away the air pollutants and the high altitude causes extra emissions, but to add to that i've done another blog about how the city is sinking, That really makes me wonder why people dont leave, there are plenty of other decently-sized cities in Mexico and I don't think that living in El Ciudad De Mexico is worth it. The fact that all the pollution there causes health issues just seems like a dead giveaway telling people  to move away, I don't think that increased chance of any health problem happening is worth it, also for the people that have asthma (like me) have increased chances of issues and I know that out of the around 20 million people that live in Mexico City many of them have it. I don't think that I will ever live in El Ciudad De Mexico.

        Site: http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?PublicationID=740

Mexico's sinking city

     "La Ciudad de Mexico" is sinking at a relatively rapid rate and already is affecting the lives of the people living there. Most people living there have noticed things that are odd. The sinking can not only cause issues with the buildings but also it is possible that it effects people's health, “When a building tilts more than 1 degree, then I think it begins to become very uncomfortable,” said Enrique Santoyo Villa, an engineer. Many things are in need of repair and repairing some things is very expensive.
                  
                   The reason that this city is sinking is because there is aquifer under the city that keeps getting drained by people there to get water. The clay is hard at some spots but others it dries out and cracks and breaks down and the city slowly lowers. If I was living there I would be a bit scared and probly try to reduce how much water I use. Since there is roughly 21 million people in the whole area around mexico city and in it, the people there drain the aquifer at a rapid rate. In some parts of the city, sidewalks buckle, window frames lean, subway lines need expensive repairs and drainage canals no longer flow downhill. If I were in this kind of situation, I would probably move away since why stay in a overpopulated, sinking area? Also the cost of different repairs would just be an unnecessary expense.           Site:http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/mexico-city-continues-to-sink-into-the-earth/