t ingermanson
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The excuse of "so and so has a big house, a plane, farts coal dust and kills baby seals," to justify one's own behavior went out of style in 2nd grade.
Yep. Hillary is crooked. Does that make it ok to only be slightly less crooked (by one's own accounting)?
Yep. China creates twice the carbon emissions. They also have far more solar-derived energy than us and 3 times the population. Does it justify our making a mess? Not facing the realities of the changing climate is going to cause us to lose out on the economic boons available, while we wring our hands and stomp our feet about Hillary's email server.
Yep, California has strict environmental regulations. The voters in this state have spoken and want it that way. Shouldn't they get to decide something that concerns their health and safety? The air in the Central Valley (a historically conservative voting area) is still amongst the worst in the nation, and by all accounts toxic. The regulations exist (and continue to tighten) to continue to make it better for the people that breathe that air. Even with the "job killing" standards, California's economy would still be the world's 5th largest, if it stood alone. I own a manufacturing business in California, and it's not easy, or possible, to comply with everything, but trying my best is just the right thing to do.
Government is not the ideal dictator of behavior, that's for sure, but we've been waiting 250 years for the appearance of Mr Adam Smith's invisible hand to do something about it. Until then...
...how the privately-held car industry deals with the California standards outside California is up to them, not California.
Yep. Hillary is crooked. Does that make it ok to only be slightly less crooked (by one's own accounting)?
Yep. China creates twice the carbon emissions. They also have far more solar-derived energy than us and 3 times the population. Does it justify our making a mess? Not facing the realities of the changing climate is going to cause us to lose out on the economic boons available, while we wring our hands and stomp our feet about Hillary's email server.
Yep, California has strict environmental regulations. The voters in this state have spoken and want it that way. Shouldn't they get to decide something that concerns their health and safety? The air in the Central Valley (a historically conservative voting area) is still amongst the worst in the nation, and by all accounts toxic. The regulations exist (and continue to tighten) to continue to make it better for the people that breathe that air. Even with the "job killing" standards, California's economy would still be the world's 5th largest, if it stood alone. I own a manufacturing business in California, and it's not easy, or possible, to comply with everything, but trying my best is just the right thing to do.
Government is not the ideal dictator of behavior, that's for sure, but we've been waiting 250 years for the appearance of Mr Adam Smith's invisible hand to do something about it. Until then...
...how the privately-held car industry deals with the California standards outside California is up to them, not California.