[mtlmtlmtlmtl]

I'm not too sure about that. When profit is the main goal, guaranteed savings(not doing the necessary spending to actually clean up) in the short term often take priority over possible long term avoidance of fines and lawsuits.

In the short term, actually cleaning up and only appearing to clean up probably give the same return in terms of PR and so on, but the former is cheaper.

Not to say I condone them misleading the public, not at all.

[thfuran]

I don't think they're doing any cleanup in the first place, so they can't save money by skimping.

[eru]

> When profit is the main goal, guaranteed savings(not doing the necessary spending to actually clean up) in the short term often take priority over possible long term avoidance of fines and lawsuits.

The interest rate is the mediator between the short term and the long term. Lower interest rates mean that the long term is comparatively more important.