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If the government failed to hold corporations that emitted greenhouse gasses accountable for their externalities then I'd say that it becomes the government's r
by harimau777 7y ago
If the government failed to hold corporations that emitted greenhouse gasses accountable for their externalities then I'd say that it becomes the government's responsibility.
- refurb 7y agoWhat about the consumers who benefited from the greenhouse gas emissions?
- mancerayder 7y ago"Consumers," "government," you both are saying are responsible and should pay. That's us - you do realize?
- harimau777 7y agoI think that's only me in the sense that I am an employee, a consumer, and own stocks. Presumably if the government fined corporations for the damage they caused to the environment then I would be effected through those roles. However, corporations are not me in the sense that I neither make the decisions nor receive the pay that corporate executives do.
- harimau777 7y agoSince corporations can pass changes in cost onto consumers by raising prices, if the government held corporations accountable for the costs of their externalities, then those costs would also be shared by the consumers.
- manfredo 7y ago* An oil company pumps oil out of the ground, and sells it to a petroleum company. * The petroleum company refines that oil into gasoline. * An auto company builds a truck that runs on gasoline * A shipping company buys said truck, as well gasoline to power it. * A store contracts that company to ship their goods. When a consumer buys something from that store, and has a gasoline burning truck move the goods from the warehouse to their residence who was responsible for emitting those greenhouse gases?