Not a fiscal time bomb for them if the liabilities can be socialised to the gov’t and local communities as they have been so far. Given the scale, I think we’d keep extracting while ignoring the cleanup costs, until that no longer makes financial sense. Then we’d abandon the area with or without helping local communities to migrate.
They wouldn’t. I think I’m coming to terms with the thought that all the talk of making polluters pay has just been there to manufacture consent for the extraction by calming the population that it’ll be taken care of. Kinda like the drcades-long plastic recycling campaigns that resulted in barely making a dent. It’s a terrible thought but perhaps if more people come to terms with it we’d demand different social contract for such economic activities.
I think I’m coming to terms with the thought that all the talk of making polluters pay has just been there to manufacture consent for the extraction by calming the population that it’ll be taken care of
Not a fiscal time bomb for them if the liabilities can be socialised to the gov’t and local communities as they have been so far. Given the scale, I think we’d keep extracting while ignoring the cleanup costs, until that no longer makes financial sense. Then we’d abandon the area with or without helping local communities to migrate.
If we never make polluters pay their fair share, why would they think they’ll ever have to? ffs
They wouldn’t. I think I’m coming to terms with the thought that all the talk of making polluters pay has just been there to manufacture consent for the extraction by calming the population that it’ll be taken care of. Kinda like the drcades-long plastic recycling campaigns that resulted in barely making a dent. It’s a terrible thought but perhaps if more people come to terms with it we’d demand different social contract for such economic activities.
Totally agree with everything you’ve said
Kinda like ‘carbon capture’ 🤪