"HeyBub" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"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.

You should be outraged! MORE drinking! Doesn't that offend your
sensibilities of what's good for people?

There's another concept called the "Tragedy of the Commons" that's an
exception to unfettered personal actions. You're attempting to expand that
concept to all human actions.


Do you think car makers would've dealt with emissions without having the
screws put to them?