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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel like it should be expensive because of the externalized costs , but I don't have any real data for that

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

They call them “externalized costs” specifically because they can ignore them. Things like pollution don’t cost a firm money in a measurable way unless they’re carbon taxed or something like that.