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[--Pete]

Hi,

My gut feel is a tenative agreement with you based upon "clean up your own mess" so that the real costs of production are assessed up front, not later on. This requires valid metrics, measurement. Bridge that forward to licensing retuirements that enable the inspecting agency to be able, sorta like reading the electric meter, take samples that are attributable and thus compliance/non compliance determined.

Non compliance? Why bother with a fine? Revoke an operating license. Shut them down NOW until remedy is in place.

Good idea, but: pollution is a global problem. As long as the manufacturing of products continues to migrate to where the profit is greatest (i.e., where the regulations are least, or least enforced) we'll continue to have lead based paint on toys and anti-freeze in our toothpaste. The solution seems to require a strong central global authority. Such an authority may very well cause more problems than it solves and opens the door to global tyranny.

Even if a global authority had no down side, the chances of it occurring in any reasonable time-frame look to be slim. Looking about, we see an increased Balkanization of the world and a resurgence of strong nationalism. The EU seems to be a movement in the direction of globalization of government, but it has many problems.

So, if there are any miracles left unused, we can all hope one of them will be a useful UN. I expect that to happen shortly after pigs come under FAA jurisdiction. :whistling:

--Pete