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So do you think all the people breathing air right now are stealing it unless they first ask Mother Earth whether they may have it? What should the payment be?
by jtbayly 5y ago
So do you think all the people breathing air right now are stealing it unless they first ask Mother Earth whether they may have it? What should the payment be?
- chana_masala 5y agoThat's a ridiculously pedantic extension of what should be a common sense (I guess it's not so common) understanding.
- jtbayly 5y agoSorry, but it's not at all common sense to me. Where is the line? Am I allowed to cut down a tree on the property I own? Or is that stealing? I brought up the extreme case of breathing because it is literally putting carbon directly in the air.
- majewsky 5y agoHow about this: The CO2 that you're breathing out right now has been bound during your lifetime, and can certainly be expected to become bound once more during your lifetime. The same cannot be said for CO2 emitted from the burning of fossil fuels.