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The industry was motivated by costs, but the government regulation was motivated by deaths and injuries. And the graph in the article certainly rather suggests
by pm215 2y ago
The industry was motivated by costs, but the government regulation was motivated by deaths and injuries. And the graph in the article certainly rather suggests that when the government regulated that's when the number of deaths fell...
- boxed 2y agoThere was a pretty sharp drop before too.
- snowflakeandrey 2y agoI wonder if that's because as regulation is considered and debated, industry incentives start to align as they attempt to show they're "regulating themselves just fine".
- boxed 2y agoCould be. Could also be partly due to the general decline of the coal industry.