Environmental regulation is something that I haven't touched on at all. Which is fairly sad, because the environment could be the most dire situation facing the nation and the world. Everything else that we do in life is provided for by nature and the environment. She gave us intelligence to be able to adapt, but that has now brought us to a point where we might be doing too much. We have the knowledge and capability to save our planet, but we must first muster the will of the people.
It's so easy to just go along with the way things are now, but that's not always the right thing to do. For government, it would be extremely easy for them to just side with industry, and allow pollution to continue, but once again, that's not the right thing to do. Business wields a lot of power in this country. They are constantly influencing government to create laws that favor business. Many politicians get elected because of the interests of businesses.
I think the people of the country, and thus, government, should ignore what business wants. People should support whatever solution they think is appropriate. Businesses should have to defend themselves in public, just like any individual would. After all, business creates most of the pollution. Government should be stricter.
As for oil, we do need to figure out a way not only to stop using it, but to stop having to ship it in. Importing oil not only costs huge amounts, but you have to use a lot of oil to ship a lot of oil! It just doesn't make as much sense as producing domestically. That's why I think this is a good idea... open up American waters for drilling, allow companies to drill in Alaska. The oil will only last for so long, anyway.
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