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Old 05-10-08, 06:29 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Thread Starter Re: Organic farming environmental disaster!

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Originally Posted by Kelzie View Post
A small amount of greenhouse gas is a price I am willing to pay for the other benefits.
You're prepared to worsen greenhouse gas emissions for personal preferences.

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I am quite sure I understand the nature of opportunity costs. One of the opportunity costs of an organic farm is the land that could have been used for something else. Big deal. Everything has opportunity costs.
Opportunity costs that include utilising land as part of an environmental policy. The "I prefer" of organic demand is again inconsistent with social optimality.

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What does that have to do with me not caring what you eat?
We're not independent, particularly with regards our consumption patterns.
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