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So the solution is the import from countries where the practices are more destructive and there's less regulation to reign them in?

> If we can slash the real cost - the externality cost - by just buying it from elsewhere, we should.

I wonder what you think "externality" means?

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I think a lot of oil import comes from countries which don't need these practices? Saudi Arabia being an example of a place where the oil almost comes out of the ground on its own, no need for fracking.

And propping up Saudi Arabia’s “government” doesn’t come with its own externalities?

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