Gotcha. We're moving in that direction as well but, as usual, Europe is a step ahead of us. ;-)
I have no issue with safety and environmental concerns. But if you are going to do that, then you should also forbid the importation of the same stuff from countries that don't follow those rules. If you can't do that, then consider your rationale about your own rules. 2011/1/31 Ralf R. Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de>: > Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> CO2 or economics? > > Neither. > > European rules on state subsidies, free trade and all that neo-lib > nonsense combined with our high safety and environmental standards. > Makes our own mining more expensive than those hell-holes the Chinese > scrape their coal from. > > Now, we're burning much dirtier import coal from some of the world's > most dangerous mines instead and our social systems have a few more > unemployed to care for. Not to mention the loss of know-how and > technology. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
