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If we charged industry fair costs for dumping pollutants into water, land and air on Earth - we would have no uncosted externalities. If we then pointed out th
by gridspy 5y ago
If we charged industry fair costs for dumping pollutants into water, land and air on Earth - we would have no uncosted externalities.
If we then pointed out that in space or on the surface of a lifeless rock there are no costs of pollutants there might be a bit of incentive to move.
But you are correct, those companies would need to be self-sufficient in gathering all resource inputs and be able to ship finished products back where they are wanted. Much more complex than renting an industrial unit in an industrial town.