re: #172 suchislife
Well, then that would be the end of that idea, and they would have to find another one, which might then again be innocuous or not.
So - then - you and pdc_lgf both seem to be saying that Revkin’s “thought experiment” is just fine; but … it’s not OK for me to engage in my own “thought experiment” and ask the question:
what happens when that incentive process does not work to limit population growth sufficiently to meet whatever goal is in mind when the incentives are offered?