Posted by AG in IN on January 08, 2014 at 10:47:05 from (67.236.86.254):
In Reply to: Regulations - Poof? posted by jhilyer on January 08, 2014 at 07:13:43:
There was a time when someone with a wonderful idea could proove it's worth and people would buy into it.
As I said in my original, now deleted post, these government agencies (in this case, the EPA) are going after small slices of society because they can't stand up to the majority, but the minority can be vilified to where they can't fight back. Wood burning stoves and boilers equate to a small percentage of all of the heating sources used in the country. The EPA doesn't want you burning anything, anywhere, ever again. This is a step toward that end. Wait 20 years.
The guy with the stoves that met EPA's reg's. in the original post, good for him. If he has such a superior product, get it out there, proove it's worth, and let people see for themselves. People will flock to his products after the reg's. kick in because their free choice will be artificially limited. He stands to make big $$$ because of regulation, not in spite of the lack thereof.
Many look at regulations and laws in a very basic way. If they don't see it directly effecting them and it sounds like a good idea, they're all for it. When they find out later that in the very least it will cost them more money than those who enacted the rules/regs/laws ever said it would, and other facts come up later that may cause someone to change their view on the law/rule/reg, it's too late, you're stuck with it. Existing laws and regulations can seemingly be expanded without much public imput, or interpreted in a different fashion than ever intended, and then people start complaining. Too late.
I'd type more, but this is all going to go poof, poof, and away, anyway.
AG
This post was edited by AG in IN at 12:40:58 01/08/14.
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