Re: The monopolization of the air and Georgism

quirk_at_syntac.net
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: 17 Jan 2005 12:14:43 -0800

ruetheday@outgun.com wrote:

> I'm not a particularly fervent fan of pollution taxation.

I understand that Pollution is an externality, I also have doubts about
a pollution tax, which brings me to the question I asked.

Since a machine that poisons the are is exactly the same as a machine
that captures the air. And since you have indicated that you are
against the later, what is your proposal for the former.

I know that you raised this a comparison with monopolizing land, that
you weren't actually intending to discuss air capturing, but since I
agree with you regarding land, I won't let you weasel out of the air
question so easily.

Look at the industrial skyline, look at the back end of the automobiles
on the street, the air capture machine is actually here and actually
capturing your air.

What do geoists propose we do about it?