At 05:54 p.m. 2/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Emissions trading is a crock. If you want to give polluction credits, why
>not give everybody an equal credit instead of rewarding people for
>historical patterns of pollution?
>
>In the case of Southern California, companies buy old junked cars, under the
>assumption that the hulk would run and spew out pollution for another
>decade. All you have to do is tow a heap to the site, start the engine and
>collect your money.
there was a excellent expose' about this in the NEW TIMES, a Los Angeles
free weekly within the last month. Among other things, one of the
technicians who had been working with the program has quit in disgust,
arguing that it's a total sham.
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://clawww.lmu.edu/1997F/ECON/jdevine.html
