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The big producers would do it.

Its the small guys and the fly by night mom&pop producers who leave pure environmental carnage behind.

What gives you this impression? Take a gander at all the superfund sites in the States - they’re almost all caused by 1) the government or 2) large corporations. And neither of those entities made any efforts to clean up those sites until forced to.

But they were forced to, and it cost them billions. Far more than what they saved. Megacorp is still paying for the superfund near me, despite it being deemed contained 45 years ago.

Mom and pop places that caused super funds never paid out a cent, because they were small operations that folded decades ago and never had billions anyway.

Hence my comment.

Why do you think the big producers will clean up when they aren't forced to do so? Is there a history of them doing that I am not aware of?

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