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If you don't own what's under your house, you or somebody who owned the land before you sold or relinquished the mineral rights to somebody else. No particular
by flyGuyOnTheSly 6y ago
If you don't own what's under your house, you or somebody who owned the land before you sold or relinquished the mineral rights to somebody else.
No particular reason this exists besides capitalism and maximizing efficiency.
- yxhuvud 6y agoOr, depending on the country, it was never part of the property right in the first place.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 6y agoIn Canada tree rights are a thing, and typically reserved to the Crown. You have to find a very old parcel of land to acquire mineral, land and tree rights all together.
- zxcmx 6y agoI think separable land rights considerably predate modern capitalism. Things like water rights and "right to roam" are downright ancient, and it was pretty common that you could buy, lease or have customary rights to hunt, fish, take firewood etc without owning the land itself.