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Repeal "Reducing Automobile Emissions"; Proposed by The Dark Star Republic
Topic Started: Apr 7 2015, 03:03 AM (146 Views)
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In-game debate thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=332125

Repeal "Reducing Automobile Emissions"
Proposed by The Dark Star Republic
The World Assembly,

Vexed that WA Resolution #257, "Reducing Automobile Emissions", is not thoughtfully considered and does not show appropriate regard for the interrelated nature of human, economic and environmental factors,

Regarding the Resolution's requirement that "all member nations ... take any and all economically viable measures to reduce automobile emissions" to be crass, clunky, and about as subtle as a gynaecologist in a gas mask,

Observing that this harsh mandate takes no account:
  • of whether any environmental or other gain from such reductions is balanced by their cost even if they meet the nebulous standard of being economically viable,

  • of the difficulty of even determining what constitutes economic viability given the lack of context the Resolution provides,

  • of measures that are technically economically viable but that violate civil rights, pose significant non-economic viability issues, or are otherwise environmentally harmful,

  • of the cost-benefit analysis of offsetting higher automobile emissions with other more consequential environmental actions,

  • of whether these reductions actually meet the "recommendations" the Resolution empowers the IAEC to create,

  • or in fact, of anything whatsoever other than the sole monomaniacal goal of reducing automobile emissions,
Opining that the general benefits of international law to reduce automobile emissions are not sufficient to atone for these severe legislative defects:

Mandates the repeal of WA Resolution #257, "Reducing Automobile Emissions".

Click here to read the original resolution
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I recall voting for the original resolution because of its vagueness and because it would block more onerous regulations on motor vehicles. Reexamining it now, I guess I'll support this repeal with the hope that nobody will author a replacement imposing insane anti-car restrictions.

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Apr 7 2015, 06:36 AM
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All the things it complains that the original resolution should take account of about are implied in that one sentence.

This is the language many international agreements use - aspirational and flexible, rather than imposing any obligations with a great degree of specificity, recognising that conditions are subject to quickly change and intending the agreement to be more enduring than that.
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Sorry, I have to side with Christan Democrats on this. The resolution's vagueness and imprecision is in fact actively harmful in this case, the author so eloquently points out.

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