> Denny wrote: > Yup. I don't think capitalism alone will solve these particular problems > (pollution, whathaveyou).
It can and does, you just have to have policy that prices in long term costs (what Dana calls "externality"). A good example of this is the carbon tax. It says that you can use whatever types of resources make sense for your business, but it "pre-adds" in the costs of, say, Global Warming, which otherwise wouldn't be part of the cost of, say, CFC containing Styrofoam. Such a tax is equitable as it applies to all market players. You can do complicated things with this too like exempt a company that, say, provides resources to 3rd World countries that would otherwise have to use CFCs so that the company can get a small share of the carbon usage. It's a win-win. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225772 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
