tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058163.post7712941389816594360..comments2023-11-03T05:15:18.203-05:00Comments on JB USA: The Tides of ChangeJohnboy in the USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201651561016373929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058163.post-13902007901639079412008-07-23T17:43:00.000-05:002008-07-23T17:43:00.000-05:00Personally I think putting a price on the environm...Personally I think putting a price on the environment sends the wrong message - that those who pay the fee now 'own' a part of what they have paid for and can act as they wish.<BR/><BR/>Really the problem is sustainability. Eventually the human race will have to start educating future generations to live sustainably. This extends to all areas of life. Just look at the 'credit crunch'; it was birthed by financial institutions trying to make money in a way that wasn't sustainable.<BR/><BR/>I've often heard the argument that when we make everything an economic concern, people will start to act in humanities best interest because of the monetary incentive that appeals to their greed. But apparently people don't even do the right thing when money is involve. Instead they choose to view only the short term.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, the environment is already an economic concern, although current models like GDP don't reflect a nations natural resources yet.Johnboy in the USAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201651561016373929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058163.post-63206846433234490822008-07-22T10:04:00.000-05:002008-07-22T10:04:00.000-05:00Perhaps there's a way to price beach access that c...Perhaps there's a way to price beach access that causes such damage to reflect the cost to the environment. Expecting to change their behavior because of moralistic bromides (such as those the eco-crowd specialize in) are naive. But if they start putting the damage in dollar figures - granted, not something simple to do when intangibles like species extinction and habitat destruction have extra-economic aspects - it would at least give people a better context for making the choices they do.<BR/><BR/>In the long run, none of us are going to get people to do things they don't want to do. We're going to have to be persuasive if we don't want to be the eco-third-reich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com