From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 17:49:03 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> ...
>
>Actually, there is a legitimate basis for regulating CO2 emissions by
>private citizens, since interstate commerce is a constitutionally valid
>area of congressional regulation, and emitting any substance that is
>determined to be a pollutant becomes a negative externality that
>travels across state lines (via the atmosphere) and is therefore
>theoretically a form of interstate commerce. The commercial problem of
>externalities is getting a proper accounting and payment for them (both
>positive and negative externalities.
>...
>
Well, that's arguable. It's certainly a better argument than the Feds
will bother to use. And better than the justification for most recent
legislation.
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