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We cant avoid the dumping
of sulphur oxides

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at least we cant at the moment
afford to stopping it

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so we're dumping a certain
amount of stuff

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into the environment.
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So we're going to say
with the current tonnage

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of sulphur oxides
for example

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we will say
that is the limit.

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And well create
permits for that amount

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and give them to the people
who’ve been doing the polluting

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and now we will permit
them to be traded.

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And so now there’s
a price attached

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to polluting the environment.
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Now wouldn’t it be marvellous
if we have one of those prices

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for everything?
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It sounds like you’re
advocating private ownership

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of every square
inch of the planet.

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Absolutely.
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Every cubic foot
of air water.

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It sounds outlandish to say
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we want to have the
whole universe

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the whole of
the earth owned.

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That doesn’t mean I
want to have Joe Bloggs

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owning this square foot.
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But it means the interests that
are involved in that stream

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are owned by some group
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or by some people who have
an interest in maintaining it.

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And that you know that
is not such a loony idea.

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It's in fact the solution
to a lot of these problems.

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Imagine a world in
which one of the things

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owned by a corporation was
the song happy birthday.

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In fact
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an Aol/Time Warner subsidiary
holds the copyright.

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In the past
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it has demanded
over $ 10000

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to allow you to hear anyone
sing this popular song

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in a film.
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We didn’t pay.
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We preferred to use the money
to fly our crew to Boston

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and Los Angeles to bring
you the following story


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