Pollution can be ameliorated by technological changes that spontaneously make production cleaner as economies grow. The only obstacle is misquided government intervention. Public ownership of land is highly problematic . Private owners are disciplined by the market in a way that public land managers and interest groups are not. Private owners have to be sensitive to the costs of their actions and they will not engage in destructive or inefficient uses of the resources they control.
Government intervention can lead to inefficiency.
Markets can resolve these problems best and policies should be aimed at strengthening private property rights. B. Rationalism 1. Find genuine problems 2. Graduation from overstatement will make environmental movement stronger 3. Entertain skeptical debate 4.