By deTocqueville
The root words for ecology and economy share
the same meaning, they both
mean "home
regulation". Critics have said that
the economy will grow much faster
without concerns
of polluting the environment. When
people began to preserve
and clean the
environment we live in, they faced many problems such as brown-
outs, increased
inflation, more unemployment, and other economic setbacks. Thus,
the economy and
environment were handled separately with respect to the other.
Of course, this
upset many people and gave them a sense of insecurity in their jobs.
Some said that
the United States of America could not afford to preserve the
environment and
progress economically at the same time.
In very recent times, those same critics have
changed their stand and now
believe that
preserving and cleaning the environment while progressing
economically are
achieved mutually. Government programs,
the private sector,
and employees
have produced a balance in the two economies through greater
morale and new
business.
With the increased "environmental
awareness," many new businesses have
been established
based on pollution control. They
regulate the standards on
pollution output
and help to assure that businesses play by the rules. With the
reduction of
pollution, we have seen many positive benefits for life in general. No
one really knows
if the years before 1970, when pollution ran free, were insignificant
to today;
however, those years do reflect very large economic drains.
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