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> The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. The US makes a several order
by Retric 3y ago
> The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use.
The US makes a several orders of magnitude more money from the Statue of Liberty where it is than they would get from its scrap value.
https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm
- BobaFloutist 3y agoThe same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps Could it? We can measure the cash flow the Statue of Liberty produces relative to its commodity value. A pristine deep sea certainly has value. But it's difficult to argue that every square inch of it is more valuable than the commodities on and below it. Particularly when you start trading off extraction there against terrestrial mining.
- dopidopHN 3y agoHow fish were fished from place X 40 years ago. How much now. Make the difference.