Additional references, etc
Save Our Skies Alliance, for the Denver metro area and Front Range
Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County, CO
Al Gore on climate change, Davos, January 23 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nfv7sIL2uK0
Despite the phrase, 'the tragedy of the commons,' it is NOT the case that all commons are self destructive. Commons need not be free and open. Commons can be managed. We charge tolls for parking on city streets, use of congested highways, etc. For some thoughts about the commons, see Peter Barnes:
The miracle of the commons
Planes, Trains, and Decarbonization, Is a future without air travel possible? Sierra Club, 06.15.23
Despite the phrase, 'the tragedy of the commons,' it is NOT the case that all commons are self destructive. Commons need not be free and open. Commons can be managed. We charge tolls for parking on city streets, use of congested highways, etc. For some thoughts about the commons, see Peter Barnes:
- peter-barnes.org/book/who-owns-the-sky/
- centerforneweconomics.org/publications/capitalism-the-commons-and-divine-right/
- centerforneweconomics.org/publications/economics-for-the-anthropocene/
The miracle of the commons
Planes, Trains, and Decarbonization, Is a future without air travel possible? Sierra Club, 06.15.23