News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tipping point'.

Re:Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tippi... by PinkMilkshake on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:23PM (#20531523)
It feels like we've reached the end of the old land ownership model. If you were destroying something on your land that supplied my breathable air, I would have no choice but to stop you, even though I recognize your right to the land.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tippi... by ralusek on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:26PM (#20531538)
That's called a third party negative externality. Even libertarians are fine with state intervention.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tippi... by PinkMilkshake on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:36PM (#20531915)
But what if a state is causing the negative externality and the third party is all other states? (Thanks btw, I hadn't come across that term.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tippi... by ralusek on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:13AM (#20532760)
Then the other states beat up the bad one.
[ Parent | on HN ]