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The important bit is "by depleting or spoiling the shared resource". Plastic is not a "shared resource". It's not at risk of depletion or "spoilage". It's obvi
by edjrage 6y ago
The important bit is "by depleting or spoiling the shared resource".
Plastic is not a "shared resource". It's not at risk of depletion or "spoilage". It's obviously the opposite problem.
I think the example with the sheep makes it perfectly clear what the concept is and isn't.
- mac01021 6y agoSoil and oceans are shared resources, which we're (probably) spoiling by permeating them with countless minuscule bits of plastic. Or maybe I don't properly understand what "spoil" means.
- acd 6y agoThe spoil is by polluting shared natural resources that we depend on for quality of life. Such as clean water, clean air an functional eco system that provides enough oxygen, stable earth temperature.