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No fines should be punitive so they dont do it again. It is not about clean up with particulates, it is about their medical effects, which you cant be specific about.


Fines that would really be enough to clean up the environment would probably obliterate the company.


Capital punishment is a deterrent against rational actors.


My point was that a punitive fine was not necessary (as a deterrent or otherwise), but a fine that realistically represented the clean-up costs would already be enough. (Destroying such companies is fine with me.)




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