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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I didnt have any problem with forcing industries from dumping their toxic sludge into the nearest lake...or agri-business disposing of their feed lot runoff into the nearest river or stream...they bitched and moaned..and then complied and their bottom line did not suffer measurably.
And now I dont have any problem with forcing utlities or any heavy industry from continuing to spew tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
It wont save the planet...it will make it more breathable for many....and contrary to free market thinking, there is little incentive to do it voluntarily and it certainly wouldnt be done faster as suggested in earlier posts.
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Yes, going green may not affect a large company's bottom line as the costs attributed to securing the procedures are eventually passed on to the consumer. Which means average american joe pays for those costs.
Where it does affect business are those smaller family sized businesses that have a hard time passing the green costs on to their customers which happen to be big corporate business that will not accept price increases in any form. Causing the smaller company to eventually fold or be bought out by the same big business that we all love to hate. Causing less market competition and hence higher costs to the end consumer once again.
Another affect is in global imbalance - if American companies all have to implement zero emmisions standards and similar Indian/Chinese companies have no such standards, the market cost imbalance will (and is) cost American's jobs that will travel overseas.
So, all "green" enforcements have costs that do affect the bottom line in Big Business and in our wallets. The only thing that has to be considered is how much really needs to be done so that we don't go back to days of dumping toxic pollutants into rivers yet don't put some many restrictions as to force small business' to not be able to compete in a global market. So, yes some "green" enforcements need to be done but not at the expense of closing american companies or the loss of jobs. Finally, to answer the original thread question - no I don't think global warming is a big threat. It has been blown out of porportion.