tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post8538157796888204786..comments2024-03-28T00:15:06.567-07:00Comments on LiberaLaw: Any (Good) Thing the State Can Do, We Can Do BetterGary Chartierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687278491211390956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-47258376903468635162010-06-10T11:36:05.419-07:002010-06-10T11:36:05.419-07:00Re the question of establishing causality for envi...Re the question of establishing causality for environmental harm: I think there's one other possibility as well. It may well be impossible to internalize the externality costs of CO2 emissions, as such, at all. But simply internalizing *some other*, unrelated externalities might be enough to raise the cost of fuel consumption enough to reduce CO2 externalities *almost as much* as directly internalizing those particular costs would have done. If the tankers had to pay the full cost of sealane security functions currently borne by the Navy, and offshore drillers had to pay premiums on robust insurance against unlimited liability for a disaster on the scale of Deepwater, that might well reduce fuel consumption almost as much as a directly targeted carbon-pricing scheme. In other words, internalizing any one of a large number of externalities, alone, might be sufficient to reduce consumption within acceptable thresholds. Incorporating even more externalities into price, in that case, would just be overkill on the "make the rubble bounce higher" model.Kevin Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525803609000364993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-76769208148045248182010-06-09T12:30:12.189-07:002010-06-09T12:30:12.189-07:00Yes, I do. This is what I get for trying to rush t...Yes, I do. This is what I get for trying to rush this into “print.” Fixed.Gary Chartierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687278491211390956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-45448428889032734562010-06-09T11:53:35.989-07:002010-06-09T11:53:35.989-07:00And, do you mean "a combination of voluntary,...And, do you mean "a combination of voluntary, peaceful cooperation", not "peaceful combination" ?<br /><br />Also, cracking good work.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488755695821649427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-43579685437374153942010-06-09T07:40:07.367-07:002010-06-09T07:40:07.367-07:00Thanks--fixed.Thanks--fixed.Gary Chartierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687278491211390956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-5405894941737056082010-06-09T07:36:22.162-07:002010-06-09T07:36:22.162-07:00Um, don't you mean to close with "unneces...Um, don't you mean to close with "unnecessary or unappealing"?TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257263697107031621.post-38741237414997215272010-06-08T18:04:44.897-07:002010-06-08T18:04:44.897-07:00we must still recall that the state is not, never ...<i>we must still recall that the state is not, never has been, and never will be directed by angels, that instituting an organization with monopolistic control over the use of force in a given region opens up enormous possibilities for violence, abuse, cronyism, depredation, and dispossession.</i><br /><br />Excellent point. Statists have done shockingly little work on the problem of constraining government. It seems that the state is like Frankenstein's monster: once it is created, it will destroy society.Michael Wiebehttp://analyticalanarchism.netnoreply@blogger.com