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[quote user="Juan"]There are enviromental ideologues who indeed oppose human freedom. There are people who are in it for the money, for instance, the ones involved in the ethanol scam. The mass media and mainstream 'scientists' also are highly motivated by profits. And a part of the...
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[quote user="Donny with an A"] [...] The important consideration is how concentrations of CO2 have changed over time. Atmospheric CO2 trends since the industrial revolution have not correlated with atmospheric temperature, and the proportion of isotopes of CO2 in the atmosphere does not match...
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Let's say man-made global warming is a real threat. In the abscence of anarcho-capitalism, what law would you support to address this issue? I see much hostility here toward the "social engineers" (aka most environmentalists) since none of their statist solutions would solve anything. At...
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The libertarian solution for protecting the environment is to privatize all land because private individuals are more concerned with keeping their property free from pollution than the state. And if someone is polluting their property they could bring charges against that individual and force him to...
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Mises specifically refers to externalities. I have a post up on his thoughts and another post with links to other Austrians on environmental matters at my blog. The key point is that every externality is an opportunity and not a zero-sum game. Both sides win if information and transaction costs are reduced...
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First, you must know that I subscribe to the property theory laid out in "The Ethics of Liberty" by Murray Rothbard. Once someone mixes their labor with material from nature, they own it, and may do what they want with it (provided it does not infringe on others' property rights). My question...