My Harry how you play innocent! Let see pollute and cause people to be sick, they pay I get off. Your arrogance is sickening! Deadly, too,
Bruce
So you mean pollution.
It is more than 20 years since the government issued "The Direct Use of Coal". In it they suggested that 85,000 a year would die as a result of pollution.
The consequences of production is waste, some of which is very dangerous. We kind of discovered late that pollution was dangerous and even lethal. Since then, we've been pretty successful at dealing with the more obvious.
Or most of the more obvious has been dealt with. In Los Angeles, some 70% of our pollution comes from automobiles. It is likely that half that pollution comes from about 10% of the cars.
So, practically everyone in Los Angeles is externalizing costs.
Waste is an inevitable consequence of production. If you want to go without food, clothing, and shelter, we can stop production. However, then we would all be wasted.
What is disheartening is that pollution can mostly be dealt with. But it has to be thought about. Unfortunately, the people who oppose pollution are tied to the so-called "alternative" sources of power. Wind, sun, and tides, are a pretty good idea who time has not yet come.
When it does, the market will handle their introduction. In the meantime, little of great importance will be accomplished until we think about it.
Which means you should not suggest a "major path to profits" is by refusing to handle such things as pollution. It's no more than a cost they would prefer no to pay - particularly if such increased costs would make the goods to expensive for anyone to buy.
Just remember that everyone prefers to cut costs - including you,
Harry
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Harry Pollard
Henry George School of LA
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