Louisian Levee Equation

I have been thinking a lot about the Louisiana Levee, and listening to NPR. I am amazed how the people, especially the musicians, are working completely to rebuild and revive the area. The spirit of New Orleans and Louisiana never died. The determination of the people to get back to life is inspiring, to say the least, and humiliating, that our nation is not offering its funds to help those who are willing.

I talked to a friend over Christmas break and revised the plan for the wall. So if the crushed cars are encased in the recycled cement and then used as basic giant building blocks to (like the cement blocks used to construct a house) and reinforced with I-beams and the like then, it seems that this would cut costs significantly and remove the cars that are poluting the communities as they are trying to rebuild while also ensuring a defense against the elements which would ensure safety to those who are rebuilding. Also, the T-wall design would be able to be used all the way around the cities and throughout the levee as costs of total cement usage would be cut by using the recycled cement (insert link) and also the total volume of cement needed would be cut by replacing a significant volume of the levee with the crushed cars.

Needed:

• Overhead map of levee system of Louisiana, specifically New Orleans to estimate length
• Engineers to work with in proposal
• Contacts to get proposal submitted to: where to start?
• Cost of compacting a car from local dump
• Architectural sketch of wall construction
• Estimates from construction companies on feasability of construction of wall in this manner