Thread: Get rid of the EPA so we can compete!

With this: http://observers.france24.com/conten...ent-us-embassy

Looks like Texas.

Pretty sure no one wants to go back to that. But if you eliminated 95% of enviro regulation written since 1980, you would probably never notice the difference.

'You' probably wouldn't. To 'notice' would require an education, and a pretty good one. You'd have to know about everything from culturalresources to microbiology, with a lot of ecology to help consider not only individual aspects but the relationship between them. You'd have to know enough to know what you don't know and where to go for that information.

Far simpler to just be a dumbshit, pick numbers out of the air and make sweeping generalizations based on half-understood misinformation from corporate thinktanks.

Originally Posted by ms ann thrope

'You' probably wouldn't. To 'notice' would require an education, and a pretty good one. You'd have to know about everything from culturalresources to microbiology, with a lot of ecology to help consider not only individual aspects but the relationship between them. You'd have to know enough to know what you don't know and where to go for that information.

Far simpler to just be a dumbshit, pick numbers out of the air and make sweeping generalizations based on half-understood misinformation from corporate thinktanks.

Nice rant. You'd be better off agreeing with me. That way you could be right.

Originally Posted by ms ann thrope

'You' probably wouldn't. To 'notice' would require an education, and a pretty good one. You'd have to know about everything from culturalresources to microbiology, with a lot of ecology to help consider not only individual aspects but the relationship between them. You'd have to know enough to know what you don't know and where to go for that information.

Minnesotans may not realize how much pollution is occurring because existing regulations are sufficient to allow prevailing weather patterns to remove the pollution generated on a daily basis and dispersing it elsewhere. But simply spending time in a place like LA, Rapid City or Salt Lake City that traps pollutants during a temperature inversion demonstrates how bad things can get even with existing regulations.

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Nice rant. You'd be better off agreeing with me. That way you could be right.

Did your mother feed you Tetraethyllead samiches when you were a kid?

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Did your mother feed you Tetraethyllead samiches when you were a kid?

She fed me (CH3CH2)4Pb sandwiches.

DBT, you sure seem to have a lot of free time that you very clearly don't spend skiing or climbing or... well... are you doing anything with your life besides posting on TGR?

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Originally Posted by CookieMonster

DBT, you sure seem to have a lot of free time that you very clearly don't spend skiing or climbing or... well... are you doing anything with your life besides posting on TGR?

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Nope. This is pretty much it.

Actually, I have a job that requires my physical presence but has a lot of down time.
I'm kinda like a race horse.
I get to graze around the pasture a lot, but then I get paid in short bursts of highly specialized effort.

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

I'm kinda a one trick pony..

FIFY.....

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Actually, I have a job that requires my physical presence but has a lot of down time.
I'm kinda like a race horse.
I get to graze around the pasture a lot, but then I get paid in short bursts of highly specialized effort.

The bell just rang, time for you to take the french fries out of the oil.

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

I get to graze around the pasture a lot, but then I get paid in short bursts of highly specialized effort.

..and spends a lot of time peeing on his feet.

Peeing on his feet whilst making fries.

DownboundTrain... so are you long-term unemployed or something? On disability? Do you get paid for posting on TGR?

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Pretty sure no one wants to go back to that. But if you eliminated 95% of enviro regulation written since 1980, you would probably never notice the difference.

Aside from being wrong for the reasons others pointed out, you completely missed the point. The point is that racing to the bottom in the name of global competitiveness is a lose lose proposition. China is 'winning' that race right now. If that is 'winning', I'd rather lose.

DBT is on disability - he has...


FULL-BLOWN AIDS!!!


AIDS!!!

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Nope. This is pretty much it.

Actually, I have a job that requires my physical presence but has a lot of down time.
I'm kinda like a race horse.
I get to graze around the pasture a lot, but then I get paid in short bursts of highly specialized effort.

So... not getting much attention at home then? There has to be a reason you can afford to waste so much of your life posting this crap.

i've always guessed he was a used car saleman. Only has to get away from this desk when he's on deck and a prospective sucker walks on the lot.

Except selling used cars requires a halfway functional brain.

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Actually, I have a job that requires my physical presence but has a lot of down time.
I'm kinda like a race horse.
I get to graze around the pasture a lot, but then I get paid in short bursts of highly specialized effort.

Whoah - me too... albeit less now than a few years ago. Didn't get to the post count I have from my couch at home...

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I don't see how ANYONE that skis or enjoys the outdoors or likes to BREATHE fresh air can actually HATE the E.P.A.
WTF?

Originally Posted by DropCliffsNotBombs

I don't see how ANYONE that skis or enjoys the outdoors or likes to BREATHE fresh air can actually HATE the E.P.A.
WTF?

Hating the EPA has nothing to do with liking the environment. The environment would be just fine without 95% of what the EPA does/spends/mandates.

The EPA is an out of control, economy and freedom killer.

Originally Posted by DropCliffsNotBombs

I don't see how ANYONE that skis or enjoys the outdoors or likes to BREATHE fresh air can actually HATE the E.P.A.
WTF?

DBT drives a Camry with an Alta sticker. Skiing is just a fashion statement.

Originally Posted by 4matic

DBT drives a Camry with an Alta sticker. Skiing is just a fashion statement.

CLOSE! The Alta sticker is on the Yukon XL!

I'm pretty sure I emit less than most of you hypocrites.