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I'm going to answer your flamebait with a real answer: Because no one can own the air and you do not have a right to pollute something you do not own... furthe
by throwaway2016a 10y ago
I'm going to answer your flamebait with a real answer:
Because no one can own the air and you do not have a right to pollute something you do not own... further more if you pollute on land you do own you cannot guarantee the pollution will go to land owned by other people. And if you can guarantee that it will stay on your property, win win, we solved global warming!
- ancap 10y agoI disagree that no one can own the air. To clarify, airspace can be homesteaded like any other piece of property. Obviously this is not necessarily the ownership of every air molecule in a given airspace as that would be quite impractical. But just the same, no one can pollute someone else's airspace.
- throwaway2016a 10y agoAirspace is not air. Air flows freely across airspace. How can you guarantee that your air will not flow into my property?
- ancap 10y agoFrom a libertarian perspective, at least when discussing air pollution, it is unimportant that air molecules flow from one property to another. What is important is that I do not pollute your airspace.