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Originally posted by widebody911
Job #1 for industry is the protection and maximization of profit, irrespective of the environment. Period. These are the same guys who had to be forced to stop dumping toxic waste in our rivers and lakes, and who move their operations to 3rd world countries who won't tell them "no." They fought environmental regulations saying that there was no harm in their dumping practices.
Sound familiar?
The oil industry will make billions maintaining the status quo. What does the 'wacko tree hugger' global warming have to gain?
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So Thom, it sounds like you paint the odd car or two every now and then. Here in Washington, the law mandates the use of a state approved environmental booth to do that. Yeah, lots of hobbyists shirk that requirement and just do it in their garage, knowing enforcement is almost non-existant. The photos or your Ghia (which looks fantastic, by the way) show you painting in your garage. Lots of evaporative emissions escaping into the environment there, probably in violation of California's clean air act.
I don't know; maybe they allow a certain number of cars to be painted without environmental controls if you are not a production shop, feeling it's not that big of an impact. Kind of doubt it, though, since they are stooping to regulating things like lawnmower/weedeater emissions. Anyway, be it legal or not, I would think anyone truly concerned about the environment and global warming would take all necessary precautions regardless. Lead the way; set an example. Unless, of course, that is simply too expensive or inconvenient.