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- From: freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
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- Message-ID: <Jan28.193828.77524@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:38:28 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan26.153454.4423@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article 4423@ucsu.Colorado.EDU, fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
- >In article <Jan25.195947.35602@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> freedman@cs.colostate.edu writes:
- >>As far as subsidising oil companies, I'll use the EXXON example. Exxon was fined
- >>some large sum of money. Although I don't remember the exact figure, this covered
- >>LESS than 20% of the cost of clean-up then, not to mention the environmental toll
- >>and the yearly costs since then.
- >
- >Do you have an actual number to attach to this? This is one extreme and rare
- >example, (I.e. the cost of this one event probably approaches the average
- >per-year cost of such things.) I really doubt Exxon could eat a fine of
- >several billion dollars and stay in business...
- >
- I can try to find the exact value. However, since exxon can't eat such a
- large fine, the government has to subsidize the oil companies in at least
- this area. Where do you suppose the money comes from?
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- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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