>IMO, these industries need to be heavily taxed if not owned by the government. The problem with this is that it adds cost to the commodity and now you can't p

>IMO, these industries need to be heavily taxed if not owned by the government. The problem with this is that it adds cost to the commodity and now you can't properly compete on a world stage against extraction that comes from other jurisdictions that are paid enough to not care. The world free trade regime really needs a rethink if we are going to have proper standards for extraction like this. Say, a trading bloc of ethical commerce. If countries don't play ball then they're out, and unannounced compliance inspections should occur all over the trading bloc ran by an independent member-state multinational institution.