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Originally Posted by FFR
If this was true, why would any company want to conduct business here? If it was cheaper to conduct business anywhere else, why would they stay here? Or start here? It would kill an already struggling economy.
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I have no straight answer for that but can only speculate for IMO the largest polluters.
O & G. No choice. Have to stay where the resource is.
Mining: Same
Auto: I'm presuming they're here because of wages and the Unions down south. I'll admit it's one industry which could be affected detrimentally.
Energy: The market is here.
Re: energy and the rest I would hope that there would be some sort of tax credit similar to the credits in a cap and trade system for producing (and maybe a lesser credit for purchasing) clean energy.