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This is impressive but worries me that one day this will be used as excuse to allow excessive pollution. The average person in China right now need this. Let's
by ck2 11y ago
This is impressive but worries me that one day this will be used as excuse to allow excessive pollution.
The average person in China right now need this. Let's hope that the USA doesn't get to the point where this level of pollution is in the air because people who are well-off and control industry all have these cars to drive and be driven around in that filter the air so heavily for them, so it doesn't matter to them.
- ryan_j_naughton 11y agowe see this happen in countries with poor security records. Rich people get high quality private security and then they care less about supporting the police. Similarly with water quality in many countries where rich/middle class people get water delivered. It is in the public interest to not allow the wealthy to internalize these externalities only for themselves so that they focus the government resources towards solving them for everyone.
- forgetsusername 11y ago>Rich people get high quality private security and then they care less about supporting the police. Do you really think that "rich people" will disregard air pollution because their car provides filtered, clean air?
- usrusr 11y agoPeople will always assign priority to problems depending on how much of it they are personally experiencing. (With the notable exception of Hollywood celebrities desperately searching for a purpose in life)
- usrusr 11y agoAnd schools, and... that list goes on and on. Schools are particularly nasty because bad public schools make private schools more effective at giving an advantage in life.