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There's a price to being clean - It's Econ 101: ... projects need to face cost-benefit analysis
The Orange County Register ^ | Sunday, February 9, 2003 | James E. Moore II and Peter Gordon - Moore is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and

Posted on 02/09/2003 10:03:08 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Edited on 04/14/2004 10:05:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Moore is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Public Policy and Management at U.S.C.

Keeping the environment clean or making it cleaner, while clearly desirable on its face, is never free. Our recent study of the prospective costs of various storm-water treatment options for the Los Angeles region reveals that the costs of meeting some water-quality standards would be very large.


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1 posted on 02/09/2003 10:03:08 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 02/18/2003 2:57:05 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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