Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by SamReidHughes on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:12PM
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No, not really. The externalities of the plastic is inconsequential. The externalities of glass are probably higher. Have you calculated them?
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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by robotresearcher on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:28PM
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No. I'm guessing you haven't either, since no one can. Such confidence in the market. Is/was the market price of Thalidomide, asbestos and cigarettes also perfect?
edit: I'm not saying that Tetrapaks will turn out to be terrible, just pointing out that things are priced with complete ignorance of their eventual externalities.
And how is the cost of the plastic fragments in the ocean factored in in this example? It won't be zero in the long run.