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- From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Newsgroups: talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.politics.marrou
- Subject: Re: Libertarians & the environment
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- Date: 23 Jul 92 19:04:05 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.213229.4946@techbook.com> <1992Jul22.011657.3102@reed.edu> <1992Jul22.220950.15339@shearson.com> <1992Jul23.072909.5696@reed.edu>
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- sharvy@reed.edu (V Headshape) writes:
- >ecosystem, extinct? And what if it is the result of process which results
- >in an economic gain that is greater than the economic loss due to the
- >environmental damage? An example of such "poisoning" might be the
- >logging of old-growth. In such a case, classic Libertarian solutions
- >do not protect the environment.
-
- Old-growth logging is as profitable as it is because the government
- subsidizes it big time. They sell the rights to it at far under
- market price, they build roads for the companies to get to the timber
- (more miles of roads than the interstate highway system), and does
- anything else they need. They do all the hard work, then the logging
- companies move in and just do the logging, and sell at a huge profit.
- --
- Cauterize: Made eye contact with a woman.
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