tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post8385145338277635264..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Topping Off and Benzine FumesPatrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-37880770891322496042007-10-21T15:34:00.000-07:002007-10-21T15:34:00.000-07:00What if rather than merely spreading the health ef...What if rather than merely spreading the health effects around to everyone every time they pump their own gas, we did something radical like institute safe workplace practices, specifically respirators for pump attendants? <BR/><BR/>In one case, we can use the argument "pumping gas may be hazardous, so no one person should do it for a living, instead everyone should expose themselves to the risk a bit" as an argument against a policy, or we can simply solve the problem and make it safe, policy of who pumps gas regardless.<BR/><BR/> One attitude that routinely bothers me about business is the tendency to equate widely diluting costs with fixing problems.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218202667163110575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-21163527452099864942007-09-25T14:26:00.000-07:002007-09-25T14:26:00.000-07:00While this issue is at base not an economic or eve...While this issue is at base not an economic or even public policy one (it's a cultural sacred cow), I'm pleased to see that I now have a data point on which to hang my hat.<BR/><BR/>No self-serve gas!Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.com