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There's a huge difference between controlling what people do on their own land, and controlling how people affect the broader ecosystem. Burning oil or gas and
by JoshTriplett 6y ago
There's a huge difference between controlling what people do on their own land, and controlling how people affect the broader ecosystem. Burning oil or gas and affecting the atmosphere for everyone is a much larger-scale issue than a local wetland.
(And if you're told you can't turn a swamp into a field, for example, you also ought to get paid for effectively having to maintain a public resource.)
- ultrarunner 6y agoWhat I don't understand is how that isn't a taking.
- gamblor956 6y agoWhy should the public have to pay you if you bought a farm knowing a lot of it wasn't usable as a farm?
- JoshTriplett 6y agoThe original comment didn't include that information; that came out later in the thread. The comment implied that the notification happened after it was already owned, as an added restriction.