- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: The mass freakout over Bret Stephen's climate change article on NYT
Posted on 5/3/17 at 3:34 am to Clames
Posted on 5/3/17 at 3:34 am to Clames
quote:
Still parroting rubbish I see. You have no clue how much those companies have internalized those costs
Feel free to enlighten me wise guy!
Last I checked most of these companies have shareholders and shareholders are not keen on reducing profits simply because they want to be overly altruistic(unless there is a "goodwill" benefit) and internalize costs they produce but aren't currently being forced to. In fact CEO's have been sued by shareholders for far less.
quote:
Your thinking is 30 years out of date on that side of the spectrum and you are woefully undereducated when it comes to the applied sciences here concerning "green" energy production. You are the type that's fooled into funding solar sidewalks and roads and you are unfortunately too common.
I'm the type that made it through Micro and Macro econ 101 and passed the test that dealt with various types of market failures and distortions. Seems I am the only one in this conversation to at least get that far.
There is nothing "out of date" about recognizing when a marketplace has failed to address external costs. Then pointing out how that failure distorts the market and the price of goods.
I'm someone that supports functioning economic markets, not sure what your schtick is.
This post was edited on 5/3/17 at 3:38 am
Posted on 5/3/17 at 3:57 am to bonhoeffer45
quote:
Last I checked most of these companies have shareholders and shareholders are not keen on reducing profits simply because they want to be overly altruistic(unless there is a "goodwill" benefit) and internalize costs they produce but aren't currently being forced to. In fact CEO's have been sued by shareholders for far less.
You've never checked at all, just making assumptions from you own prejudices.
quote:
I'm the type that made it through Micro and Macro econ 101 and passed the test that dealt with various types of market failures and distortions. Seems I am the only one in this conversation to at least get that far.
Hardly, and even the guy that graduated at the bottom of the class in med school is still called "doctor" by the way.
quote:
There is nothing "out of date" about recognizing when a marketplace has failed to address external costs. Then pointing out how that failure distorts the market and the price of goods.
It's out of date because you are making garbage assumptions that don't hold up to the reality of today. You think a few classes means anything? You are just repeating some shiny new (to you) concepts and terminology and trying to fit them to a subject you barely have a room temp IQ on. I'm someone who passed somewhat more involved classes in thermodynamics, that's my shtick...
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News