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Do I want environmentally safe, clean water? Of course. However, a while back, my engineering BiL worked for Dow Chemical in California. They had to close the plant because the environmental costs just to repaint the facilities were the proverbial straw that broke the bank.
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You won't find anybody with an anecdote that said the environmental laws can be complied with at low cost; no the cost is quite high.
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The high cost, ironically, emphasizes the need for the legislation. Without legislation, most companies did not act in the public's best interest.
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get companies to internalize the costs they impose on others so resources are allocated most efficiently.
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And it's an easy question, except if a house of poor people have a utility bill for 1000 dollars each month, then people for the poor complain about that.
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Utilities is a natural monopoly where prices are set by regulatory bodies anyway.
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