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1. And well they should. Until the costs land on the creators of those costs the 'market' won't work

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:08 PM

Dec 2013

Right now the polluters are externalizing their costs and so their product seems cheap. Once they are forced to internalize their costs, then other things, like solatr, will seem so much chreaper.

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It won't be long before the victims of climate change make the west pay [View all] MindMover Dec 2013 OP

And well they should. Until the costs land on the creators of those costs the 'market' won't work on point Dec 2013 #1

So what can we do? Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #2

One of the biggest tools we can use in the current economic environment is to ... MindMover Dec 2013 #3

We don't have class action suits here Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #4

These suits are not brought up in one countries courts .... MindMover Dec 2013 #5

Ah, that could be a solution n/t Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #6

What world court has that sort of jurisdiction? tritsofme Dec 2013 #7

If the International Court does not have that jurisdiction or power, it will soon enough ... MindMover Dec 2013 #8

The ICJ has no power to enforce it rulings. tritsofme Dec 2013 #9

If the world can convict war criminals, then surely they can convict national corporations MindMover Dec 2013 #10

The ICJ doesn't convict individuals or corporations. tritsofme Dec 2013 #11

How? How will they make us pay? RobertEarl Dec 2013 #12