Einstein and the Clean Air Act

I wonder what Einstein would think about the Clean Air Act?

►“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”—Albert Einstein

►“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” —Albert Einstein

►“Out of clutter, find simplicity.” —Albert Einstein

****►“Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.” —Albert Einstein

►“When the solution is simple, God is answering.” —Albert Einstein

Time to transform the SIP process. We can make it happen.

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Comments on the Clean Air Act

• “I hate that each sector has 17 to 20 rules that govern each piece of equipment and you’ve got to be a neuroscientist to figure it out”. –Gina McCarthy, U.S. EPA Administrator
• “The Clean Air Act is a lengthy and complex federal law” –Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• “The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) alone has been referred to as the most complicated statute in history. The statutory complexity is compounded by the thousands of pages of federal regulations and the overlapping statutes and regulations adopted by each individual state.” –Erich Brich writing for the American Bar Association
• “The Clean Air Act – one of the most complex and extensive pieces of federal environmental legislation.” –Center on Congress—Indiana University
• “The Clean Air Act is complicated and contentious”. —Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
• “The Clean Air Act (CAA) is a comprehensive and complex piece of environmental legislation”. – NASDA
• “The statute and its regulatory offshoots are very complicated.” —U.S. Department of Justice

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  author = {Jed Anderson},
  title  = {Einstein and the Clean Air Act},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://jedanderson.org/posts/einstein-and-the-clean-air-act},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-05-13}
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Anderson, J. (2026). Einstein and the Clean Air Act. Retrieved from https://jedanderson.org/posts/einstein-and-the-clean-air-act

Anderson, Jed. "Einstein and the Clean Air Act." Jed Anderson, May 12, 2026, https://jedanderson.org/posts/einstein-and-the-clean-air-act.