Take a deep breath. Do you know what you're breathing in? You may be surprised. According to this article, the EPA has proposed new, stricter regulations for smog levels. During his presidency, Bush was given the levels of smog the EPA had deemed safe for us, but Bush decided to listen to the whining big businesses and set the level a lot higher than advised. Now the EPA is trying to make things right. The new limits will most likely cause problems for states like California, Texas, and New York, who have always had smog problems, but the new limits are so low that states like the Dakotas, that have been in the blue/green zone in the past, may be in trouble as well. The upside to this would be cleaner air, which would ultimately mean healthier people. Unfortunately, there's also a major downside. In this case, the new limits would raise the cost from $19billion to $90billion, almost five times more per year by 2020! I'm all for improving the environment, but why does it have to be so expensive?
So, of course, this will have a huge impact on the economy and job rates. If we cut certain types of energy, then we're going to have to cut jobs as well. That would mean more people out of work and on welfare, but it could also open doors to other types of jobs. What do you guys think?
Oh yeah, I've also added a link with an interactive map that will probably give you a better visual of just how bad things are. It'll also show you the Top Ten Worst Cities. Guess what? Sacramento is one of them! How embarrassing.
2 comments:
I was watching the news the other day and I heard alittle about the EPA and Air Quality Control. When one of the Ports of Okaland was rinning way to slow and big rig trucks were out there letting thier trucks idel for to long causing massive amounts of smog. They created a law that says you cant have your car idiling for more then 30 minutes. But with over a hundrid trucks backed up i dont know ho well that worked for tham.
This is EXACTLY why I could care less about the environment right now. Bigger costs. Simple. We don't have that kind of money to be spending on the ENVIRONMENT. The ENVIRONMENT is SECONDARY! We have WAY more important issues at hand right now and I really don't need to name them. I'm not saying Bush did the right thing, but honestly let's use some common sense.
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