"There are a lot of dramatic things being proposed here that would have significant, damaging effects on industry".
David Macaulay, the author and illustrator of "The Way Things Work" and other popular books on the inner life of inanimate objects, is host of the program, which looks at the mechanics of the water-powered mill and its effects on industry and lifestyle in the United States, for better and worse.
Concerns over negative effects on industry and employment, however, led three governors to publicly defend the product last week.
Although findings of environmental epidemiologic studies play a critical role in arguing for evidenced-based policies aimed at protecting the public from harms, they can also have direct effects on industry profits, political careers, academic funding, and professional advancement.
The radical idea would have a profound effect on industries blamed for widespread damage to the environment like fossil fuels, mining, agriculture, chemicals and forestry.
"Collectively it could have a substantial effect on industries as diverse as aviation, agriculture and municipal transportation," says Frost & Sullivan's Stearns.
The only way to have a lasting effect on industries as large and intransigent as banking and health care is to alter their structure.
Econometric results represent that the impact of IT on the industrial productivity is average, and it does not measure IT effect on industry individually.
The site could potentially "have a revolutionary effect on industry and commerce," he said, by educating shoppers about the ramifications of buying a particular product.
The Congressional Research Service says that ending the subsidies would have no effect on gas prices for consumers and only a trivial effect on industry profits, which have been at record highs.
