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How much money, paid to whom, would negate the environmental damage caused by this accident?
by throwawayboise 5y ago
How much money, paid to whom, would negate the environmental damage caused by this accident?
- wilde 5y agoIt’s a good question. One answer could be “enough money to act as a deterrent” and “who cares, the govt I guess”. EDIT: Could also do the student debt thing and have the fines pierce corporate veils and not be dismissible in bankruptcy.
- rurp 5y agoWell nothing can negate an incident like this, but a lot can be done to mitigate the damage and disincentive this happening in the future. The government that has jurisdiction should heavily fine the person(s) responsible and direct the money towards the victims in the tanker and for environmental cleanup.
- willcipriano 5y agoI suspect that additional incentives wouldn't have changed anyone's behavior here. Nobody involved wanted to crash.
- nerdponx 5y agoOf course not. But the owner of the yacht and/or possibly the person who the owner hired to manage the yacht deemed that the expected loss due to their negligence wasn't big enough to warrant being not-negligent. Adding punitive "environmental fines" might tip the balance.