Late at night in a vacant parking lot, hundreds of Jeepney drivers crowd together, eating and laughing. There's a big stage in the front and a man climbs up to address the crowd.
"Thank you everyone for coming. This is a new initiative that I think you're going to like. First let's talk about how things are. You drive 12, 14 hours a day or more on the streets of Manila. The air on these streets is terrible, there's no doubt about that. And who suffers the most from this polluted air? The guys driving around without windows, that's who! And who's making a huge part of the pollution? The jeepneys without windows, that's what! And guess what else? There are people, businesses, and institutions who will benefit from less pollution who are willing to give you guys bonuses for reducing emissions. So here's the deal, everyone who wants in can come in. Everyone who achieves a rate of less than XX ppm/hour gets an extra 500 hundred pesos per month. Drop it below XX and you get an extra thousand. For every XX you drop it below that you get an extra 50 pesos per month. And there's more! If everyone achieves XX, it's an extra thousand each! Now many of you don't own your jeepney, you drive for someone else. I'm not going to dabble in the details of who gets what. Obviously if the owner of the jeepney invests in some smoke reduction he should get some of the money. But you are also the one who is most closely associated and you have some ability to influence output by the way you drive. So some of the money should go to you. But, if you don't think it's worth it, then you don't have to join. Those who join will have this device attached to their tailpipe. It's locked on and has a tamper-evident seal. It will track you and track your output. I suggest you don't try to game the system, as if you're caught, you will be expelled from the initiative perpetually and will receive nothing. Officiators will perform random checks along the route. And lastly, if you qualify for LowSmoke which is less than XX you can join the Jeepney festival with more prizes to be won!"
The crowd cheers and all come to sign up. Their jeepneys are outfitted and they are on their way.
"Thank you everyone for coming. This is a new initiative that I think you're going to like. First let's talk about how things are. You drive 12, 14 hours a day or more on the streets of Manila. The air on these streets is terrible, there's no doubt about that. And who suffers the most from this polluted air? The guys driving around without windows, that's who! And who's making a huge part of the pollution? The jeepneys without windows, that's what! And guess what else? There are people, businesses, and institutions who will benefit from less pollution who are willing to give you guys bonuses for reducing emissions. So here's the deal, everyone who wants in can come in. Everyone who achieves a rate of less than XX ppm/hour gets an extra 500 hundred pesos per month. Drop it below XX and you get an extra thousand. For every XX you drop it below that you get an extra 50 pesos per month. And there's more! If everyone achieves XX, it's an extra thousand each! Now many of you don't own your jeepney, you drive for someone else. I'm not going to dabble in the details of who gets what. Obviously if the owner of the jeepney invests in some smoke reduction he should get some of the money. But you are also the one who is most closely associated and you have some ability to influence output by the way you drive. So some of the money should go to you. But, if you don't think it's worth it, then you don't have to join. Those who join will have this device attached to their tailpipe. It's locked on and has a tamper-evident seal. It will track you and track your output. I suggest you don't try to game the system, as if you're caught, you will be expelled from the initiative perpetually and will receive nothing. Officiators will perform random checks along the route. And lastly, if you qualify for LowSmoke which is less than XX you can join the Jeepney festival with more prizes to be won!"
The crowd cheers and all come to sign up. Their jeepneys are outfitted and they are on their way.
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