In many cases, California’s environmental regulations don’t make an earnest attempt to permit safe ways to do things.
And in all cases, those industries make no earnest attempt to develop safe ways to do things instead of simply doing it where it doesn't matter.
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A sibling comment a few levels up provided it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160514
Got anything from the last 50 years?
There's a large middle ground between "Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone" and letting blatant polluters turn your neighborhood into a Superfund site. California solved the latter problem by going too far in the other direction.
And in all cases, those industries make no earnest attempt to develop safe ways to do things instead of simply doing it where it doesn't matter.
[Citation needed]
A sibling comment a few levels up provided it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160514
Got anything from the last 50 years?
There's a large middle ground between "Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone" and letting blatant polluters turn your neighborhood into a Superfund site. California solved the latter problem by going too far in the other direction.