tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post7231502916753149936..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: China's Smog, and Pennsylvania'sDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-18676319073106405182013-02-06T10:24:42.391-08:002013-02-06T10:24:42.391-08:00Nonsense -- there is nothing stopping anyone from ...Nonsense -- there is nothing stopping anyone from suing anyone over air pollution. <br /><br />So the government hasn't co-opted anything. It is, though, the one sticking up for collective rights of people to breathe clean air. David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-73708760450204419442013-02-06T09:45:01.500-08:002013-02-06T09:45:01.500-08:00Sadly you are correct. The GOVERNMENT has co-opte...Sadly you are correct. The GOVERNMENT has co-opted that mechanism in our country in exactly the same way it is co-opted in China Russia,Cuba,Venezuela et al. <br />The EPA, a government monopoly in charge of the service of protecting the environment will no doubt do for the environment what the public school monopoly has done for education. What is happening in China Russia and elsewhere is in our future. RichDealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491639515833296329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-53566699051627956592013-02-06T09:21:37.913-08:002013-02-06T09:21:37.913-08:00Sure -- and who does someone sue for air pollution...Sure -- and who does someone sue for air pollution in countries that do have private property? <br /><br />Air pollution is particularly bad in Salt Lake City this winter. So who is suing who? If anyone is the US has done the suing, it has been the government.<br /><br />This is the tragedy of the commons, and it occurs in all countries regardless of their form of government, even in countries that have private property. <br />David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-91053305503947696882013-02-06T08:09:41.772-08:002013-02-06T08:09:41.772-08:00What's happening in China is a textbook exampl... What's happening in China is a textbook example of what happens when there is little or no private property ownership. Private property owners can be sued for damaging the property of others and have the option to sue others for the same thing. A seldom acknowledged fact of communist and socialist states is that pollution controls go right out the window when "no one" owns anything... RichDealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491639515833296329noreply@blogger.com