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View Poll Results: Is it our fault the climate is changing?
No - it's a natural course of events 6 15.79%
Yes - it's all our fault 7 18.42%
We're partially responsible, but it's natural anyway 13 34.21%
We're making it happen quicker 7 18.42%
There's not enough evidence either way to tell 5 13.16%
I can't make up my mind 0 0%
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:17 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
I agree with you but in this situation, most of the corporations that produced parts for nuclear energy have gone out of business and no company want to take over because then they would be responsible for any problems.


That is why strict regulations are needed. If it is more profitable for companies to be as clean as possible, they will be extremely efficient at doing that.
yea, and if we PUNISH them for NOT doing the right thing. And if a company is fined for something, they should NOT be allowed to farm off that expense to their customers, which is what most companies do.
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