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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
You mean more regulations, control, and government interference? No thanks.
6 million is less than 0.1% of the world's population (7-8 billion). Restricting 99.9% of the populace to save 0.1% is ridiculous.
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... and making shipping more expensive effectively makes everything cost more, which effectively makes everyone poorer, which actually kills people.
Making things cost more is "kicking the teeth" of those that have died as a result of lack of material needs.
We've already shown that as worldwide prosperity increases, death decreases. The only thing left to determine is if the SOx pollution, which is short lived and mostly confined to the location in which it's emitted (mostly out at sea), kills more people, or if the decrease in material wealth due to more expensive shipping would kill more people.
All decisions have opportunity costs associated. There is no such thing as a decision that is without expense to something else.