From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 12:51:58 MDT
Christian Szegedy wrote:
If nagative
side effects of the production of some products can lead to such processes,
then
the negative pulicity would have its effect only after it's too late. So I
think
that some regulation based on scientific analysis is really necessary then.
### The fear of litigation will have its effect way before things start to
go bad - all you need is for the boards of directors of power and gas
companies to find out there is scientific consensus predicting their
products will cause global warming, together with a method for calculating
the losses (if any) due to warming. Once they know it, they will be very
careful about exposing themselves to a class action lawsuit on behalf of e.g
persons and businesses harmed by hurricanes. So, scientific analysis is all
you need, and no regulation at all.
Rafal
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