Because of the differential impact of polluting activities around the world, and even in different regions of a single country, many governments will undoubtedly continue to promulgate only modest environmental regulations. Costs to polluting companies will continue to carry as much weight as the benefit of a pollution-free environment. Particularly in the current political climate of the United States, the well-documented expense of today s pollution-control measures will be stacked against the unknown long-term effects of polluting actitivities. Why should I spend millions of dollars a year, which causes me to have to raise the cost of my goods or eliminate jobs, if no one really knows if air pollution is all that harmful? Show me the proof, an air polluting company may demand.
Realistically, it won t be until critical mass is achieved that the hoped for choice of unity and cooperation will be a viable one. Only when the earth as a whole is so polluted that life itself becomes increasingly difficult for a majority of the world s people will there likely be the political will to force global environmental laws on governments worldwide. But the optimists among us continue to believe that the world can be shown the error of its ways. They continue to point out that the sky is probably falling--or at least developing a big hole. The world, as a whole, ignores them.
One would hope, however, that governments, perhaps through a strengthened U.N., could somehow be forced to realize that when the Earth reaches the critical mass of pollution, it may be too late to do anything about it. That would be a common tragedy indeed.
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