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People are all for it--until the steamroller comes for them. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-int...
And we know what happens when you let people ignore the regulations--you get Superfund sites.
There is a political balance between "saving 3 salamanders in a cave" and "pervasive dumping of toxic sludge".
The problem is that there is lots of incentive towards the "pervasive dumping" side and not a lot on the "saving things" side.
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People are all for it--until the steamroller comes for them. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-int...
And we know what happens when you let people ignore the regulations--you get Superfund sites.
There is a political balance between "saving 3 salamanders in a cave" and "pervasive dumping of toxic sludge".
The problem is that there is lots of incentive towards the "pervasive dumping" side and not a lot on the "saving things" side.