When implemented under the cap-and-trade umbrella, many of those conventional standards and subsidies would have no net greenhouse-gas-reducing benefits, would limit flexibility, and would thereby have the unintended consequence of driving up compliance costs.
Also, the compromise amendments with the House agriculture committee that provide for generous numbers of potential offsets from the agricultural sector (regulated not by EPA, but by USDA!) are troubling -- not in terms of driving up compliance costs, but in terms of reducing the real environmental performance of the system.
Harvard's Robert Stavins recently wrote "the other titles of the bill include a host of conventional standards, many of which (under the cap and trade umbrella) will have minimal or no environmental benefits, but will limit flexibility and thereby have the unintended consequence of driving up compliance costs".
When it came to speed limit compliance, driving speed in general and longitudinal and lateral positioning, no effects could be found.
Ventilation parameters (VT, RR, PEEP), respiratory compliance, driving pressure, arterial blood gases, and ECCO2R system operational characteristics (blood flow, sweep gas flow, and CO2 removal rate) were collected during a minimum of 24 h of ultra-protective ventilation.
Finally, as mentioned above, the relation between PPV accuracy, respiratory system compliance, driving pressure or PEEP level remains unclear and is still debated.
Examples include health education activities for the reduction or cessation of tobacco use, promotion of safe driving, and compliance with safe systems of work.
The bill passed by the Senate requires electronic onboard recorders to modernize compliance with driving limits, making it harder for truck drivers to work excessive hours.
The close relationship between politicians, media owners and political journalists – with fear being the key driving factor behind politicians' compliance – means that, too often, the views of the public are crudely manipulated and misrepresented.
All this means businesses are under mounting regulatory pressures, and that is driving substantial growth in compliance, which will ultimately lead to more aggressive enforcement on the horizon.
