On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:33:57 -0500, Frank
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On 12/28/2011 10:46 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Which opens another question. Are the pollution laws reasonable? Are they
needed at all?

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Even Al Gore has said ethanol mandated use in gasoline was a mistake.
This is a small step in the right direction.
The oxygenate law that makes it required should be repealed.
Refiners had always said that they could meet the pollution
requirements without it.
I was big agrabusiness like ADM that contributed vast amounts of money
to both parties to get it passed so that they would prosper.



Reasonable or not, refineries could have met them without the oxygenate
requirement.

Laws may be unreasonable as air quality standards are revised at whim of
EPA. Something satisfactory today may not be tomorrow.

I've yet to hear of a death certificate where the cause of death was
exposure to ozone, second hand smoke, radon - you name it, but EPA says
thousands of lives would be saved by tightening standards.

Hopefully, President Romney, will gut the EPA.
Not GUT it, but put a bridle on it and make it usefull. Regulations
are required. Action is needed - but it needs to be EFFECTIVE action,
and the regulations need to be reasonable and well thought out.