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RE: A Simplified Taxless State: A Proposal (part three of three)
I appreciate the bidding mechanism to determine the price for land. It would keep the state from acting as a monopoly in terms of setting prices on land leases.
I don't see how this system addresses tragedy of the commons issues. For example, carbon emissions are hurting everyone. Everyon's property rights are violated by production of carbon emissions. I assume this is one of the areas you would describe as a "victimless crime," but I would argue this is a victim filled crime that is so distributed it is hard to address.
What do you think about something like carbon emissions? Do you think we should just let people produce as much carbon as they want? If not, how do you address it in this system?
More technology, not less, has always solved environmental problems. These problems have a tendency to go away as long as you allow people to develop the land with the latest and most efficient technology. (For an example, look at the cost of solar power and how it's dropping dramatically.)
Otherwise, I detail in part two how to deal with pollution in general (just like any damage to a lease, essentially).
I'll take a look at part two already. This is the explanation you provide about how to deal with environmental pollution, "Oh, and what about pollution, which is the most common objection to this? How would this scheme handle pollution? That's actually one of the easiest things in this entire picture. Remember how, when you lease a residence, you're liable for any damages caused to the residence by you during your lease? The exact same standard boilerplate could just as well apply to a land lease, and it's as simple as that."
So, does this mean that with the situation the climate crisis that each person driving a vehicle that is emitting carbon dioxide would be address with class action lawsuits filed by citizens of the world who decide to sign on to the class action suit?
carbon emissions are hurting everyone - allegedly
Yes, I'm sure that political associations make global warming seem like nothing but another "think of the children" type of bullshit, but politics aside, the atmosphere and what it is composed of does affect humans. More carbon dioxide will raise temperatures, and that will cause problems for human civilization.
That is just how it is. How politicians use that fact is up to them.
will raise temperatures - depends on how much. Might not cause top many problems and might even be positive. We don't know.
It will raise sea levels, and that will destroy coastal cities.
Water expands when it gets hotter. What else global warming will do is not quite known to me.
I see now we moved to global warming. I though we were talking about carbon.
What do you mean, "allegedly?" Do you think the climate crisis isn't real?