It's all about desired rate of return. Demanding short forces companies to leverage externalities like causing pollution to make money. Long term returns motiv

It's all about desired rate of return. Demanding short forces companies to leverage externalities like causing pollution to make money. Long term returns motivates you not to destroy the planet to achieve the goal. Really Long term returns hinge on the fact that converting the asteroid belt O'Neill cylinders is the future of mankind and destroying the planet to get there is fine as long as you get enough people off this rock first.