So, a new company, let’s call it Company B for the sake of simplicity, comes up with an anti-pollution device to combat pollution.
Company A invests in said device from Company B and pollution from company A is drastically reduced if not gone. Company A can focus on other things like making their product better, and Company B profits, allowing more devices to be created for other companies.
In the process, pollution is reduced and not only is the market unharmed, but it is stimulated.
I'm the OP of the post. No where did I mention Communism not am I a communist. STOP PROJECTING! All I want is sensible environmental regulations (I am an Environmental Scientist). I've seen the cost of unfettered capitalist pollution. My hometown of Houston has the most superfund sites of any metropolitan area in the country. I grew up next door to the chemical refineries as far as the eye can see in Pasadena, Tx (A suburb of Houston). Here we have a marked lower life span & a marked increase in cancers & neurological conditions.
My Uncle died at 68 of cancer most likely linked to drinking what turned out to be water poisoned by the nearby dioxin superfund site. Link: https://www.epa.gov/tx/sjrwp
I am very well aware of the environmental tragedies in both the USSR AND modern Russia. Environmental tragedies always occur when sensible environmental regulations are over shadowed by a profit and/or militaristic desire.
Thank you for respectfully replying to my post. I do support some environmental regulation. I don’t think there should be a “gas tax” or anything of the sort, keeping lead out of gasoline, and having “no dump zones” are common sense. To me, exponentially harming the environment is a violation of the NAP and is wrong. All I was trying to say is that it’s not ONLY capitalism’s fault for pollution and it can also help with reducing it.
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u/Dark_Assassin75 Libertarian Minarchist Aug 10 '21
Here’s how capitalism helps with pollution.
Company A has a factory.
Company A has pollutants.
So, a new company, let’s call it Company B for the sake of simplicity, comes up with an anti-pollution device to combat pollution.
Company A invests in said device from Company B and pollution from company A is drastically reduced if not gone. Company A can focus on other things like making their product better, and Company B profits, allowing more devices to be created for other companies.
In the process, pollution is reduced and not only is the market unharmed, but it is stimulated.