Is it the case that better mechanisms for pricing externalities (in general) would be as big a breakthrough as it seems?
@DreamingInCode @patrickc Seems like a lot of this is already covered by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_tort_law … no?
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@paulbaumgart@patrickc we suffer moral hazard on a global scale, because it's easy to disguise it as ignorance. Make it explicit -
@DreamingInCode@patrickc How about an updated definition of "standing" that includes damage done to the environment? - 2 more replies
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@paulbaumgart@patrickc Pre-1950, you could be forgiven for not understanding the CO2 externality. Much after that, we kinda knew, but -
@paulbaumgart@patrickc there's no incentive to know it. The profit motive is the other way. It's corporate welfare really
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@paulbaumgart@patrickc Not really. How do you claim standing for plastic microbeads in the ocean? It would require a new court system TBHThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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