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ryandrake
on Sept 18, 2015
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Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicl...
I find it difficult to understand how failing a car with clean emissions levels, thereby forcing it out of the state, contributes to cleaning up smog.
alexqgb
on Sept 18, 2015
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The point is that California had an exceptionally bad problem, which is why the response was so stringent.
jonknee
on Sept 19, 2015
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If it's forced out of the state the smog isn't California's problem. California's emission regulations aren't meant to clean up other states.
g10492293
on Sept 19, 2015
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In this case they do end up helping the other states...
plonh
on Sept 20, 2015
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You are willfully ignoring the vastly more significant average/mode case to focus on the effect of edge cases.
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