[mpg_numbers_guy]

Originally Posted by Natalya

You are out of your mind if you think having pollution controls against cargo ships burning high sulpher fuels is going to lead to the fall of nations that embrace that regulation.

Already anticipated and addressed your response:

Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy

Straw man/slippery slope argument, etc., possibly,
^ already pointed out the potential fallacy

but while yes, this is just one regulation, but then it becomes one more, and one more, and then one more,
^ the reason behind the argument, that already answers your question

until you have total governmental dictatorship, initiated by an ignorant population that willingly submitted themselves to an unrevealed tyranny.
^ the historical outcome of such things

^ extra emphasis added by me

And no, don't misuse my words. I don't believe that pollution control in and of itself will cause the fall of nations. Excessive government control beyond protecting and preserving basic human freedom causes poverty and death; the examples I already mentioned prove this. Oftentimes this does cause either the downfall of the nation, or a virtual enslavement of its people.

I believe our energy would be better spent advocating for electric vehicles than about overtaxing gasoline.