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For Teri: Smothered by smog, Paris bans some cars Mar 17, 2014 16:49:41 GMT -5

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It seems that China isn't the only nation having pollution problems. But France doesn't have a growing economy. And with all of their government regulations, they can't possibly be described as "free market."

As air quality dipped Thursday to the same as Beijing, Ecology Minister Philippe Martin admitted that air quality was “an emergency and a priority for the government."

rt.com/news/france-pollution-public-transport-910/

www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-paris-smog-cars-ban-20140317,0,5700535.story#axzz2wG3O71vJ

Nearly all of France was under some sort of pollution alert Friday, with levels in the Parisian region surpassing some of those in the world's most notoriously polluted cities, including Beijing and Delhi.

abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/free-rides-combat-pollution-france-belgium-22913208

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For Teri: Smothered by smog, Paris bans some cars Mar 17, 2014 21:12:39 GMT -5

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Post by raybar on Mar 17, 2014 21:12:39 GMT -5

I don't know the details of the situation in Paris, so maybe I'm wrong, but this would seem to be their own fault. We reduced the smog problem in California, and in Los Angeles in particular, to the point where it is no longer a problem DECADES AGO. What have the French been doing all these years?

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For Teri: Smothered by smog, Paris bans some cars Mar 17, 2014 22:03:53 GMT -5

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Mar 17, 2014 21:12:39 GMT -5 raybar said:

I don't know the details of the situation in Paris, so maybe I'm wrong, but this would seem to be their own fault. We reduced the smog problem in California, and in Los Angeles in particular, to the point where it is no longer a problem DECADES AGO. What have the French been doing all these years?

Probably what the French have always been doing.

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For Teri: Smothered by smog, Paris bans some cars Mar 22, 2014 19:19:20 GMT -5

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Post by teri on Mar 22, 2014 19:19:20 GMT -5

Mar 17, 2014 16:49:41 GMT -5 rmarks1 said:

It seems that China isn't the only nation having pollution problems. But France doesn't have a growing economy. And with all of their government regulations, they can't possibly be described as "free market."

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For Teri: Smothered by smog, Paris bans some cars Mar 22, 2014 19:41:39 GMT -5

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Mar 22, 2014 19:19:20 GMT -5 teri said:

Mar 17, 2014 16:49:41 GMT -5 rmarks1 said:

It seems that China isn't the only nation having pollution problems. But France doesn't have a growing economy. And with all of their government regulations, they can't possibly be described as "free market."

Right. And I should have added that therefore high pollution cannot be automatically blamed on a free market or a growing economy.

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