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I don’t see the issue in that though. If the target was to keep the average emission down across the entire country and if inefficient brand A decided to merge
by tonmoy 1y ago
I don’t see the issue in that though. If the target was to keep the average emission down across the entire country and if inefficient brand A decided to merge with efficient brand B to keep the average down that seems like it still adheres to the spirit of the law
- Jweb_Guru 1y agoYeah it's not really "gaming" anything.
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoSeems more like it meets the letter of the law. The spirit was surely be too accelerate efficiency by ensuring all manufacturers improve. That has been negated; reducing the necessary efficiency for some manufacturers just because others are doing well. It's like if you allowed multiple people to mix blood samples for a DUI check. Sure, there'd have to be less drinking over all, but some would still be drunk af and the effectiveness of the law would be greatly reduced.
- Jweb_Guru 1y agoNot a great analogy. CO2 emissions are a global phenomenon, so the average emission level is exactly what matters. Drunkenness is not.
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoReasonable criticism of the analogy, but the point was/is that this chicanery weakened the effect of the legislation allowing more CO² than would otherwise have been the case. Thus, the spirit of the law was not respected.