I read this quote and have to ask, how is this even possible? Is rain racist? Had the decision been in favor of EPA regulations, it would have forced the industry to install high-tech scrubbers to remove mercury, arsenic and other pollutants, which disproportionately fall to earth in poorer neighborhoods.
I agree with Scalia: "it is not appropriate to impose billions of dollars of economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits." Yes, cost-benefit analysis is something we should require of the federal gov agencies. In this case, as in many, the cost far outweighed the benefit.
"noise pollution" is a total misnomer. There is no measurable or lasting environmental impact. I agree that it can compromise the property value for surrounding parcels, but that's an economic concerns, not environmental.
Yes. There should be a cost / benefit analysis done on everything. You can not run a country effectively on emotion.
It's annoying to be sure. It was in 1986. Then we went to work to change it. And that's pretty much how it all works.
Yes, otherwise the entire US would all be forced to drive around in our electric cars. Who cares if they cost $100,000, after all we are not putting a price on environmental benefits are we? You could just take this farther and force everyone to use solar, wind or human powered vehicles only. Oh - the price of pretty much everything you buy just went up 500,000% due to transportation costs. Well too bad that is the price of the environmental benefit. After all, we can't look at the price in dollars.
Emotion? There are costs in the world besides dollars, or any paper currency, for that matter. It's not as simple as Scalia's quote makes it seem. 2Blue, that's why things are done in steps. Not all at once.
Then you pay for the upgrades out of your own pocket, after all it's just money right? Your shortsightedness is dumbfounding.
Bowers v Hardwick. The ruling said that homosexual persons have no right to privacy in the USA, even in the sanctity of their own homes and bedrooms. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/478/186/case.html It was overruled in 2003 after much work on the part of activists.