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> You just keep moving the goalposts by using the most extreme argument you can muster.

The most extreme arguments I can muster? There are tons of industries that produce negative net value when accounting for externalities. $1 in profit for $2 in external harm is not at all that ridiculous.

> I think society should outlaw sport - so many people are hurt in injuries

My argument is that we should price carbon usage to account for externalities. I highly doubt sports turns out to be net unprofitable, even once accounting for those externalities.



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