tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33740105.post7153578157065446782..comments2023-03-26T18:08:35.048-07:00Comments on goofballs: 10 million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jerseydr von drinkensnortenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12735799230864226813noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33740105.post-68862238683230643472007-06-05T09:52:00.000-07:002007-06-05T09:52:00.000-07:00i love nerds more than anything in this worldfi love nerds more than anything in this worldfThe D.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17999908698997095894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33740105.post-88778868853109057042007-06-04T10:55:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:55:00.000-07:00Sure, then you get the tort reformers (and their h...Sure, then you get the tort reformers (and their highly paid lobbyists) screaming bloody murder whenever a citizen, or those suing on their behalf, comes along to attempt to enforce the laws we already have on the books.<BR/><BR/>Now, I will be the first to agree that much government regulation, and the enforcement thereof has been woefully ineffective. But laws like the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act are sufficient and I think necessary.<BR/><BR/>There will always be someone trying to cheat, and a pure free market (so-called economic Darwinism) is no less harmful that Communism at the other extreme (ironically, Chinese industry pollutes with impunity -- but the raison d'etre of the People's Revolution has long been abandoned).<BR/><BR/>Back on track, instead of Government, especially Big Government weilding regulatory penalties solely, I think we should figure out a way to incentivize with one hand and punish with the other better than we do now -- and it is happening in some places by state and local efforts.<BR/><BR/>I do not think the tort system is fast or effective enough to put the brakes on offenses occurring currently, nor do I think the tort system has any mechanisms for assigning blame and responsibility for clean up for offenses past. Remember, it took decades for the Brooklyn Oil Slick to form.<BR/><BR/>The subject bears more study, and I'll take a look at how it is done in Austria -- with due skepticism.dr von drinkensnortenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12735799230864226813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33740105.post-4887364672668591982007-06-04T10:41:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:41:00.000-07:00Listen - the problem is with the subsidies for the...Listen - the problem is with the subsidies for the petrochemical industry that the government grants. It's simply BAD MARKET ECONOMICS that is ruining the environment. Get the government regulators out of the free market, address pollution through the Tort system (which can easily be done sans regulations; nuisance / trespass / assault / battery), and allow people with green energy proposals to COMPETE on an even playing field. Obviously libertarian free market economics (more specifically, Austrian Economics) is the only solution to the problem that Government has decidedly FAILED to address.Bret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801963351548786110noreply@blogger.com