New Danadia
20-04-2006, 17:35
I am urging all delegates, in order to improve economies around the world, to support my proposal. I ask they simply look at and consider it. If you like it, contact other delegates and get the word out. Thank you
-DSND
www.nationstates.net/22994/page=UN_proposal/start=27
Gruenberg
20-04-2006, 17:38
You still haven't defined any of the terms in your proposal.
Compadria
20-04-2006, 18:11
Description: ACKNOWLEDGING that severely constraining pollution laws already exist and are showing little benefit to humankind and/or the environment.
Evidence please.
REALIZING that these extremely oppressive laws rob economies and industries of many opportunities to expand their businesses and provide jobs to the populace.
Oppressive, I thought they were ineffective? How can they be both? And do you really see a corrally between environmental protection laws and employment?
MAINTAINING laws for the protection of the environment are very important in sparing the world from uncontrollable pollution. However, they are overbearing and much too comprehensive for modern society's burgeoning economy.
Evidence please.
Therefore, it is proposed that companies may trade pollution credits in order to better increase production, or make money by selling off credits to other companies.
Which will do nothing to combat pollution, just shift the overall burden around without reducing it. A capitalist solution to a problem caused by capitalist economics is an oxymoron.
This will not only increase business and bolster the economy, but it will also help the environment. If companies have to pay extra to pollute more, and environmentally conscious companies create additional revenue by selling these credits, eventually, most companies will try to pollute less in an effort to sell credits.
Wait, they pollute less to sell more credits, then sell these credits on. So the overall burden of pollution hasn't actually changed, it's just who's doing the polluting has.
In order to maintain the safe, orderly, efficient and legal means for this market, this trade will be monitored by the United Nations Environmental Agency. All trades must be approved by the UNEA and all pollution levels will be tested through UNEA inspections.
Won't this restrict business even more than existing environmental legislation?
The overall economic benefit of this proposal will more than pay for the added bureaucracy costs and will not detriment the economy of any nation or the world economy as a whole.
Prove it.
May the blessings of our otters be upon you.
Leonard Otterby
Ambassador for the Republic of Compadria to the U.N.
P.S. Gruenberg, did you really object that much to my comment that you've included it in your sig?