tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191316279215320372.post4652339270605008874..comments2023-11-02T11:18:16.047-04:00Comments on EnviroPolitics Blog: The right and left debate RGGI in New JerseyFrank Brillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17285491719186925507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191316279215320372.post-80688791049600517842011-09-11T14:59:58.584-04:002011-09-11T14:59:58.584-04:00No one mentions that, during a time when health ca...No one mentions that, during a time when health care cost increases are killing companies and government health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, and the number of Americans who can afford health care is dropping, eliminating the proposed EPA health care-related environmental regulations is a way of shooting ourselves in the foot. There is no mention that EPA has done cost-benefit analysis that shows that not only would these regulations create a net increase in jobs from business meeting the rules, they would also lower future health care costs for respiratory diseases and other illnesses caused by industrial emissions of air pollution for all Americans, and save billions in future health care expenses. <br />This is another example of American short-term business thinking that let to the near-disappearance of the American auto industry because it was too busy hiring lawyers to delay fuel-efficiency rules whereas the Europeans and Asians were building more fuel-efficient and economical vehicles that were more successful in the marketplace than the energy hogs Detroit kept on making...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191316279215320372.post-10564070668629683362011-09-11T14:20:28.091-04:002011-09-11T14:20:28.091-04:00A regional greenhouse gas system strikes me as an ...A regional greenhouse gas system strikes me as an expensive way to achieve little. Having the world go to the Kyoto protocols would only lower global temperatures by about a degree by 2100; a regional compact would have no discernible impact. Take the money and put it all into energy conservation measures, including mandatory energy conservation codes. Let's actually get something done rather than do things that "make a statement".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com