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You can also price it at $0 and NOT ban it.
by nells 4y ago
You can also price it at $0 and NOT ban it.
- 0xfffafaCrash 4y agoSure, but that does nothing to help with the tragedy of the commons caused by unaddressed negative externalities…
- nells 4y agoThis is more like the politician's syllogism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism
- 0xfffafaCrash 4y agoExcept it actually addresses a serious problem on two fronts 1) reducing the ability to profit off of actions that cause environmental damage thereby aligning the market interest to reduce such actions 2) funding the investment in reversing the damage whereas your suggestion above is doing literally nothing to help…
- piva00 4y agoAnd why would you price it at $0 if it's already known it does cause damages. Just because you can't fairly price it doesn't mean it costs zero, that's an absurd logic...