Quote: theory9 said: I think Mxy's point alludes more to nuclear waste than acid rain and whatnot
I really don't know, and I'd like to clarify that that wasn't my point. I was saying that if corporations CAN pollute (oil, nuclear waste, whatever) and get away with it, they do it, because that's their mindset. I'll leave the debate about the nature of the pollution to someone else, because I'm not informed on the subject. The fact that they pollute by itself should be enough to condemn them.
I'm a big fan of the free market, because the free market is governed by profit. The flaw in the free market is that its usually motivated by short term profits. Free markets need to be tightly regulated by enforcement agencies such as environmental watchdogs (and securities regualtors, anti-trust agencies and so on). For environmental watchdogs, this is to ensure that the desire for short term gain does not affect the environment in the long term.
