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- From: drevik@utkvx3.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve)
- Subject: Re: The hidden costs of Environmentalism : A case study
- Message-ID: <28JAN199311172818@utkvx3.utk.edu>
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- References: <C1Hs2M.3DH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan27.061426.11591@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <27JAN199308181657@utkvx3.utk.edu> <C1IzxM.K01@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:17:00 GMT
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- In article <C1IzxM.K01@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer kyle cramm) writes...
- >drevik@utkvx3.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1993Jan27.061426.11591@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin) writes...
- >>>That's a job for the free market. Instead of complaining, invent a method that
- >>>will do it for $10 and still stay within the regulations and you will become
- >>>filthy rich.
- >
- >>Here, here! My company is doing VERY well in the midst (or tail end,
- >>perhaps) of a deep recession. Our business is supplying products to
- >>help power generating utilities comply with the new Clean Air Act.
- >>My division has increased its staffing 300% over the past five years,
- >>and my company can support average raises of 13%.
- >
- > Did you ever think that your companies prosperity may come at the expense
- >of other companies, and that this may have led to a recession?
-
- Did you ever stop to think that EVERY company prospers at the cost
- of ANOTHER company? A lumber mill prospers at the cost of a homebuilder.
- A stell manufacturer prospers at the cost of an auto manufacturer. Does
- THIS lead to recession? I don't think so. Don't forget.... our revenues
- go straight back into the economy, both from salaries paid and raw materials
- used (we are a manufacturing company).
-
- Don't knee-jerk everytime the environment is at issue, OK?
-
- -s
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