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Bees are vital to our food production. Is that a big enough positive externality? It doesn't matter if this is done for profit, for charity or just to irritate
by pm24601 9y ago
Bees are vital to our food production. Is that a big enough positive externality?
It doesn't matter if this is done for profit, for charity or just to irritate the neighbors. Bees are a vital pollinator.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoYou pay for food. Farmers pay for bees (where they need the bees more than the beekeepers need bee food). Say "it doesn't matter" all you want, but the cost of an input to food production is not an externality.
- pm24601 9y agoFood is not just for humans. Bees pollinate plants that other animals consume. Animals that help the ecosystems that we as animals depend on ourselves. Problem with economics is that not everything can be easily priced. Economics has an inherent flaw where anything that can't be priced is assumed to be $0