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To be fair just paving over everything is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of towns don't have the money for maintaining greenery.

• hnzix 9y ago
  "To be fair just dumping your waste into rivers is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of companies don't have the money for safe disposal."
  • quickthrower2 9y ago
    Generically: To be fair just <something low cost, but high externalized cost> is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of companies don't have the money for <high cost, low externalized cost>
    • hnzix 9y ago
      Where high externalized cost is a long-term negative impact on a community, which ranges from undesirable to unethical depending on context. "Kicking the can down the road" should be called out and minimized. The HN hivemind usually frowns on regulations, but I don't see another practical solution for protecting the community from environmental hazards?