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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (599946)2/6/2011 4:12:26 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1570554
 
Are you opposed to pollution controls just in the interest of absolute freedom?

No. Absolute freedom isn't an issue. Its never happened, and never will happen. I'd like a move towards more freedom rather than less, but that has little to do with absolute freedom.

Also I am not opposed in principle to pollution controls. Your freedom does not properly extend to say dumping tens of tons of methyl isocyanate in to the air like in Bhopal. Even lower levels of less dangerous pollution can be a problem and controls can be important. OTOH controls can be an expensive problem as well, not every thing pushed as a pollution control is a net gain. And CO2, except in very high concentrations, isn't much of a pollutant.

All of those things are being done anyway

To a very tiny extent compared to the total amount of power production. Also "being done anyway", just means that we are (to the small extent they are being done) paying the cost, not that there isn't one.
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