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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Its the way its being done, Ea. From the time I (and every schoolchild) was a young, I was taught littering was bad. I was taught why it was bad. To this day.......I can't litter. And if I see a child at school litter..........they go pick it up. I don't care how old they are.
We didn't need a law to force us not to litter. Education served that purpose.
But now, laws are being passed forcing people to do something they most likely would do anyway if the information were out there, and there are alternate choices.
We don't like being forced.
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That was not what I meant - how would you enforce such a law anyway? On second though, what I was primarily thinking of was laws that hits us in the pocket. Such as making TV's that consume an exessive amount of energy more expensive than energy effient ones - in this case in a state that has problem with producing enough electricity. As I think you are quite aware
you can ask people 'please' but of course they don't. This is a way of enforcing it. And you can't tell me that having a large television is a 'right'
Not compared to living, having a home, seeing your chilcren grow up, getting a good education
Here, energy is quite expensive beacuse of taxes. Thus people are cutting down on use, through upgrading, and if in new houses, installing much more energy efficient solutions. That, in the end, drives development of more energy efficient solutions as well as cuts down on CO2 pollution.