Sunday, March 4, 2007

What's our multiplier?

Can a crackdown on diesel engine pollution be a guide to the benefits of cutting mercury emissions in Jacksonville? The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to all but eliminate the soot and smog-related emissions of locomotive engines and similar diesel engines used in ships. And EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson was recently quoted as saying that he estimated the health benefits will be 20 times the estimated cost of this proposal. What's our multiplier? How much do we have to gain by reducing mercury emissions in Jacksonville?

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