Monday, October 15, 2007

Reason Magazine Congratulates Al Gore

The editors over at Reason Magazine are perhaps a little more generous toward Al Gore than I have been regarding his winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Their comments can be read at the following: http://reason.com/news/show/122960.html

They do point out, however, something I have obliquely mentioned as a true solution to any and all environmental problems: eliminating the commons. Which is to say, we need to turn every piece of land and water into privately owned property. Air pollution, too, is a commons problem. The tragedy of the commons problem demonstrates that it is only supporters of the free market who are true greens, if results is what you are looking for. Those, like Gore, who wish to turn even more of the planet into commons in fact, then, support further environmental devastation. I assume that this is out of ignorance on their parts -- assuming Gore and the other socialist greens are sincere about being green rather than about being socialist.

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