Geoengineering: A Libertarian Approach
To start, I am a Libertarian that believes in man-made climate change. I don’t believe it’s an existential threat to society but that it’s something that needs to be worked on. With all that being said, free markets are the way to solve this issue, not dinosaur politicians who will say anything for a vote and just increase regulatory capture and hinder real innovation. I’ve been reading a lot about the theories surrounding geoengineering and real solutions it can offer, however there is a lot of unknowns and risks associated with it. Further research needs to be done to figure out the long term effects. The biggest issue they brought up that I found interesting is implementing this on a global scale. If an US company deployed cloud seeding and it’s proven to have messed up farmers’ crops in Brazil, how does that situation get rectified? Seems like it would violate the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) but how could it be handled on a global scale? Should the global free market handle it or would government need to intervene? If your neighbor dumps toxic chemicals in a river and it kills your livestock downstream domestically, you can sue them, but we still depend on our judicial system to adjudicate the dispute. Just curious on y’all’s perspective! submitted by /u/Duckdodger89 [link] [comments]
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