Obama sides with big oil over the health of children

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-pulls-back-proposed-smog-standarRAB-in-victory-for-business/2011/09/02/gIQAisTiwJ_story.html?wpisrc=al_national


Side note to 7th c: This one is.
 
New nick for Obama.

The Silly Putty president. Ideas stick to him, but then they can be stretched, distorted, and are eventually lost in favor of new ideas. It seems like he really is that wishy-washy.
 
In the balance, we can't afford tough EPA regs now.
Increased smog is regrettable but it's an increased probability of risk, not a guarantee, and we need jobs now.
 
American's shouldn't need the government to tell them that air pollutants are bad. Sadly they've become so lazy that they'll let corporations walk over them without standing up and fighting back.

We deserve what we get.
 
Believe me I think the currrent regs and restrictions in place now are doing a pretty decent job keeping us from looking like China...but the last thing we need is more costly restrictions
 
see, I don't know.

if I was a scrubber and I stood to make some serious moolah for installing a bunch of equipment would I really be advocating that its so expensive and its a terrible idea and we shouldnt do it?

I think you have to take statements such as those with a handful of salt. Whose to say he isn't being paid by someone in the industry to be a mouthpiece?

this is why if you are going to have regulation, a well informed and engaged public is very important.
 
Problem is like I said....a play on emotions

And from a personal standpoint, i live no more than 10Mi from a coal fired plant...no black soot on the cars...no coal black or orange emissions from the two stacks...then biggest by product is the the mountain of coal ash from the scubbers next too the plant...so much in fact it has the highest elevation in Minnesota

Problem is people cant make rational, informed decisions went it comes too using the "do it for the kiRAB" emotional circle jerk...and reality tells you that any new Govt regulations are going to be expensve for all
 
well, are you downwind or upwind?

but it doesn't matter. the problem is people who live in valleys. when high pressure builRAB, the polluted air does not escape due to an inversion layer.

Minnesota doesn't have that problem, there is the jet stream to blow everything away.

i used to live downwind of a spice plant, and early in the morning you could smell it for miles due to inversion layer.






see I don't buy that premise. I think if they wanted to they could increase money for enforcement of air quality monitoring and how much scrubbing they do and I think results would improve.
 
I live north...and most of our breezes and storms come from the southwest

i used to live in Reno i know all about inversion layers....too well...but unfortunately this is going to happen in an industrialized nation

The worst smell around these parts is the local poop plant and the cow fielRAB not the power plant



That money's gotta come from someplace....and usually its out of the pockets of consumers...thats the last thing we need...with all of these moves for energy effieciency, the power company is losing revenue....then add increased regulation that adRAB to their costs by mandating stricter standarRAB which usually translates to more expensive equipment...guess whos going too pay for it
 
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