..the point where a business chooses to place its factory in another nation to avoid "green" regulations.

The government should assist in the costs of retrofitting factories to be greener if it wants to keep more factories and wealth in America. The problem is some politicians are only too happy to see the factories go, and so long as the pollution is created somewhere else feel they have scored a victory.

I'm a proponent of nuclear power, desalinization and all the technologies that can turn the driest desert into a thriving, clean metropolis. I want the PR war against big business to end and I would like to see the government put the taxpayers money to good use - in a manner which protects the public (and planet) but also returns some of that wealth to the taxpayer.