Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharklemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down160file-text
arrow-up1379arrow-down1imageA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharklemmy.imagisphe.reForester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square155linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoA lot of people fall off roofs during solar installation. But that’s not an externality – these people know the risks, they can ask for higher pay, or choose to wear their PPE properly. The deaths from fossil fuels are mostly externalities.
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOf course it’s an externality! They for sure ain’t installing those panels on the inside of the house. Then it would be an internality. Heh. (sorry, couldn’t resist. /s obviously)
A lot of people fall off roofs during solar installation. But that’s not an externality – these people know the risks, they can ask for higher pay, or choose to wear their PPE properly. The deaths from fossil fuels are mostly externalities.
Of course it’s an externality! They for sure ain’t installing those panels on the inside of the house. Then it would be an internality. Heh.
(sorry, couldn’t resist. /s obviously)