Posted by jhilyer on January 08, 2014 at 07:13:43 from (74.81.112.46):
Did the wood stove regulations post go away? Or can I just not find it? Either way, I had a response...
I am an industrial designer by trade, and I see these 'regulation' posts differently...
Although the knee-jerk reaction to regulation is to think of it as "bad", they are actually putting people to work. In this case, all those wood stoves sold at TSC , Harbor Freight, etc, will have to be redesigned for lower emissions. That's someone's job. It's also someone's job to figure out the process of building the new stoves, and also someone's job to build them. They could be more complex, requiring more build hours, that's someone's paycheck.
Another example is the Tier standards for diesel engines. Every time a new Tier standard must be met, that means engine redesigns, process innovations, new production methods, new tooling, new setups, etc. This is good work for engineers, designers, drafters, production planners, and ultimately, machinists and other shop floor personnel.
We may complain about "why couldn't they have just left well enough alone", and there might be a good point there, but the silver lining, in my opnion, is that regulation often spurs innovation, and innovation means work.
(I was not calling anyone a jerk in this post. Not a knee, either.)
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