<div id="RTEContent">Phil Nisbet <pcnisbet1@hotmail.com> wrote:<br> <br> > The truth is that NIMBY, Not In My Backyard, is killing America. Nobody<br> > wants a steel plant, a mine, a Silicon Plant or a leather works to be<br> > anywhere even near them. Permitting in China or in Mexico ahppens in a year<br> > at most, but takes up to ten years in the United States and once the new<br> > plant is built overseas, the jobs turning those raw materials into goods is<br> > going to head to the source.<br> <br> > And the net global effect to the environment of NIMBY is huge. Its not<br> > about the regulations, its about the regulatory delays. Too few here<br> > realize that the time cost of money and the time cost of getting a product<br> > to market in a timely manner are far more significant to driving American<br> > industry overseas than any other factor. But once a plant is overseas, the<br> > lesser regulatory regime al!
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greater pollution.<br> <br> What do you think would make or keep industry in the first world competitive with industry in the third world?<br> <br> - increased regulations in the third world, to match those in the first<br> - decreased regulations in the first world, to match those in the third<br> - decreased regulatory delays in the first world<br> - something else?<br> </div><p>
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