David Biello at Scientific American has a nice writeup on the recent Obama decision not to lower ozone levels:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/09/02/smog-levels-to-remain-higher-than-scientists-suggest-safe-for-public-health/
Had the new regulations been enacted, the bottom line would have been:
COST:
$90 B/yr
SAVINGS:
$100 B/yr in health costs
1500 lives/yr
probably tens of millions of dollars/yr in crop damages
Instead Obama clearly capitulated for the sake of getting reelected. It was probably a good decision from a purely political point of view, but it probably won't help It certainly won't help the people breathing in all this crap.
I saw a comment somewhere that captures the essence:
ReplyDeleteObama doesn't deserve to be re-elected. But the country doesn't deserve Romney.
Best,
D
Ha, that's good. And true. I wouldn't vote for Obama again, if there was another decent choice. Wish Hillary would run, but I suspect no one will challenge him.
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