• Limonene@lemmy.world
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    A lot of people fall off roofs during solar installation. But that’s not an externality – these people know the risks, they can ask for higher pay, or choose to wear their PPE properly. The deaths from fossil fuels are mostly externalities.

    • elephantium@lemmy.world
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      Of course it’s an externality! They for sure ain’t installing those panels on the inside of the house. Then it would be an internality. Heh.

      (sorry, couldn’t resist. /s obviously)