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Re: What do you consider to be the most serious environmental problem facing the worl
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Originally Posted by liberty1776
Correct.
Imagine a world in which everything including the air and water is owned privately. Of course I'm not sure why people would want to own the air and how you would measure that to show who owns what but I guess people might want to to change others for permission to own their air space.
Imagine flying and having to pay for the rights to go through everybody's property to get from one half of the country to the other or across the planet. How the hell would you manage such a system and how would one prove if somebody went through his/her air space.
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Air, in normal situations, would not be owned. Air is not an economic good because it is abundant. So, this is an invalid cirtique of A/C theory. However, in some situations, air would be owned. For example, while SCUBA diving.
Yeah. What is the problem with this? Do you suggest that we end private property on land so that you do not have to pay to go through someone's property?[/quote]
I do not see a logical way in which all water would be privately owned. If air is not privately owned then by your argument it will not be taken care of even though we all have to breath it.
And yes the air and water quality now compared to the 70s and 60s is much better and this has to do with EPA standards and regulations.
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