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I'm gonna blow your mind here. Read about comparative advantage. As crazy as it sounds there might be reasons for Australia to ship coal and iron while China

• andy_ppp 2y ago
  Sure, but if we are talking about environmental damage clearly this sort of thing isn't a great idea.
  • hackeraccount 2y ago
    Isn't it? I think it's at possible that there's less environmental damage when a product or service is created by the person who knows best how to do that. How much damage would I do if I tried to make a car from scratch? I'd argue quite a bit because you'd have to use 10 times the parts and energy from just about anyone else because I would create a piece of useless junk 10 times before I'd get anything useful. If you watch someone skilled in an art there's a tendency to think you could never do it. That might not be true but even if it is the real question is what it would cost you to be as good as the artisan. What is it that you create that wouldn't get done because you've taken them to learn how and do something else?