This was just a random day from the summer of 2002. My foreman (Al Burge, Local 52 guy) and I were looking across the Hudson River down at Ground Zero and talking like we did every day. Basically about how screwed up the whole oil situation was. And eventually we got to talking about where the profits go and he says something to the effect that "we don't need these people" and I said "Well Al, the Saudi's invest almost all of their oil profits from us back here in the US we do actually need them, most people don't know that but they do".

Al goes "there has to be a better way".

Well Al, I never forgot those words. And although I didn't start this project specifically with your comment in mind. I often think about that conversation.