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Thanks for your thoughts and observations Brian, I appreciate them. It is
great that life is full of small luxuries such as walking the dog. :-) As I
said, it is all a matter of personal taste and I realize that there is a
"trickle down" effect from such events and of course, economics is predicated on
the notion that wants will always exceed needs and of course, art of every sort
and good food can all lift the spirit. And yes, there is no sharp line just
a wide fuzzy one based in the individual but some things (such as this highly
publicized event) seem a bit much (once again IMO).
Since it is their money, I suppose they could have decided to simply burn
the cash in public square somewhere... but then no one will be able to see
that from space... ;-)
Also please forgive me I probably should have cast a broader net to include
politicians from around the globe. They never seem to be too far away from
such events especially when the very rich are in attendance in big numbers but
then I suppose that too comes with the territory. Now back to the joy of
work... :-)
Very best,
Joe
In a message dated 9/15/2008 12:00:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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While walking the dog (wasteful luxury?), I was mulling over your
message and particularly about the EU politicians. This comment implied
that the EU was responsible for bad restrictive legislation, if I
inferred correctly. This is not entirely true:
1. Sweden (much more radical than the EU) introduced legislation to ban
deca-BDE. A 10-year risk assessment of the EU deemed the substance to be
acceptable and forced Sweden to drop its ban.
2. Some large companies, such as Sony and Dell etc., tried to impose
halogen-free laminates in their products and by their combined weight
(possibly >50% of world electronics assemblies) to force the industry to
go hal-free. As their proposed laminate was ~twice the price of FR-4 and
was made only in Japan, this move was viewed badly by the EU and
possibly by the WTO as breaching competitiveness rules. The EU did an
"exhaustive" series of tests on TBBPA for environmental and human health
risks and have stated that its use as a monomer for epoxy resins for
laminate manufacture is safe. Ordinary FR-4 is thus potentially saved by
the EU.
OTOH, don't get me started on RoHS or REACH!!!!
Brian
Joe Fjelstad wrote:
> Not on topic, but an example of what is arguably waste of a different
sort.
> (IMHO)
>
> The link provides an example of what might be considered "conspicuous
> consumption" as defined in "Theory of the Leisure Class".
>
> People can spend their money as they please and no doubt some jobs are
> provided in the process but it seems a pity they can't find better uses
for it
> (again IMO).
>
> I wonder how many EU parliamentarians will attend... ;-)
>
>
_http://www.luxist.com/2008/09/11/worlds-most-extravagant-party-in-dubai-will-
> be-visible-from-spa/?icid=200100397x1209104387x1200535689_
>
(http://www.luxist.com/2008/09/11/worlds-most-extravagant-party-in-dubai-will-be-visible-from-spa
> /?icid=200100397x1209104387x1200535689)
>
>
>
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