>Stuff that's affordable is usually not scarce. Hence you can't have both something that's scarce and affordable. A gram of dirt from my backyard is completely

>Stuff that's affordable is usually not scarce. Hence you can't have both something that's scarce and affordable. A gram of dirt from my backyard is completely unique from any other gram (at a molecular level) and is therefore incredibly scarce - if you want exactly THAT gram and no other. I’d also sell it for almost nothing, so it’s affordable.