What costs and tradeoffs are associated with this choice?
PERSPECTIVE
Putting environmental protection in perspective
QUESTION
What costs and tradeoffs are associated with this choice?
ANSWER
This approach accepts the fact that as, as a normal byproduct of
industrial society, the environment is affected in various ways.
Certain risks, such as periodic oil spills, are a cost of doing
business in a high-consumption industrial society. Also, this choice
would shift much of the burden of protection to individuals and
especially to individual landowners, who may or may be prudent in their
use of resources.
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