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		lazyasciiart on May 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fossil fuels could have been left in the dust 25 y... As opposed to the unintended consequences of unregulated capitalism? Nothing is free - if you think it is, you’re just ignoring some of the costs.

janalsncm on May 23, 2024 [–]

Climate change itself is an unintended consequence of pricing the well-being of the commons at zero.

There is a fair discussion regarding regulated vs free market to be had, but people at least need to understand market failures first (externalities being one of them).

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