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by wlll 2902 days ago
I mean, we're not talking about all regulations here, we're talking about the emissions regulations. Emissions that kill people.

So I don't really see the point of the coral snake thing, interesting though it is.

> If you want to you could regulate that cars run off of happiness and that their exhaust contains no pollutants. But the result would be that either everyone cheats on the tests OR that there would be no more cars. Including the trucks that bring us food and other useful products.

Well, I'm not suggesting that at all so again, not really relevant.

I'm suggesting that the emissions regulations that we have are fine. Cars can and do pass these without cheating so they're clearly not unrealistic.