3 ms·

technically, we have no stand to blame them on developing their economy...

• blotter_paper 8y ago
  Here's a fun thought: they could hold the rainforest hostage. Hey world that relies on our land to absorb carbon, we're gonna start deforesting and developing x acres per year unless you pay us y dollars not to. Nice biosphere you've got here, it'd be a shame if somebody threw a brick through the equilibrium...
  • icebraining 8y ago
    Equador tried that [1]. The world didn't care. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/02/216878935/ecuador-to-world-pay-up-to-save-the-rainforest-world-to-ecuador-meh https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/02/216878935/ecua...
    • User23 8y ago
      The money has never indicated it cares about global warming or sea level rise. No rich people are looking to liquidate their beachfront New York, Florida, or California property, and they're certainly not buying up Alaskan beaches speculating on the next Greenland farming bonanza. Startup idea: global warming REIT.
• skilled 8y ago
  Who is them? I didn't know countries had divinely invoked certificates for owning the planet. It is all in your head buddy.
  • jessaustin 8y ago
    It is generally recognized that people who inhabit a particular region rightfully determine what happens in that region. That may mean that multinational corporations have more difficulty subsuming and consuming particular local economies as quickly as you might prefer, but that's just tough.