"HeyBub" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


OK, then. How long do you think it's appropriate to wait before
finding out that market-driven forces are not going to solve a
problem? A year? 20 years? Two generations?


Forever. The market is not always right, but it is right far more often
than any other technique.


Bars here are doing MORE business since it became illegal to smoke in bars.
I seriously doubt "the market" would've figured that out without a kick in
the pants. And, Detroit *never* would've dealt with car emissions issues
without the government stepping in. Automakers had no financial incentive to
deal with it.