tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161730516407429474.post8637608007627414661..comments2023-10-17T11:16:45.190-04:00Comments on Natural Capital: Intro Post - What Are Ecosystem Services?Duncan Gromkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571368771101953081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161730516407429474.post-81104245453382819142014-12-13T08:15:07.017-05:002014-12-13T08:15:07.017-05:00I really thank you for the valuable info on this g...I really thank you for the valuable info on this great subject and look forward to more great posts. <br /><a href="http://www.bigcitymovingco.com/full-service-movers/" rel="nofollow">bigcitymoving.com</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161378138086950442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161730516407429474.post-41509154313376237712014-07-05T07:59:54.539-04:002014-07-05T07:59:54.539-04:00Yes, great US Military force. Also, in his post yo...Yes, great US Military force. Also, in his post you have given a chance to listen about US Military. I really appreciate your work. Thanks for sharing it. <a href="http://kellyservices.loginq.com/" rel="nofollow">Kelly Services Login</a><br /><br /> Sammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13182526765240519199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161730516407429474.post-70362561998345698522013-01-29T17:55:17.072-05:002013-01-29T17:55:17.072-05:00I am extremely pleased you not only posted this bu...I am extremely pleased you not only posted this but are making it the defining analytic framework of your blog. As a liberal person with an economic oriented perspective I often find myself caught between environmental idealists and the pragmatics economic progress and growth. While I appreciate nature on its own (a kind of intrinsic value) I ultimately think environmental policy needs to be governed by its utility to humans (instrumental value). While I'd like to avoid cutting down the rain forests, if doing so pulls people out of poverty then my values are in conflict. This kind of perspective helps resolve that: the environment has an economic value to us and we can start making cost benefit analyses on that basis. For example, cutting down some trees for industry, growth and provisions can possibly be justifiable depending on the amount it benefits society and the cost to the environment (such as whether its being done at a sustainable rate). <br /><br />It also resolves another reluctance I have about some environmental idealism, namely that nature is some how "right" or "good" and that it is always that way. In fact, nature is just what it is, some good, some bad, as the result of evolution of both organisms and inorganic environment, which doesn't necessarily always have humans best interests in mind. For example, the planet had no problem going through an ice age naturally all on its own and that is likely something that would be as bad for humans as global warming. But this kind of framework is not so rigid or facile. It says "its not just about preserving nature as it happens to be right now, but rather about preserving (and possibly even creating) an environment that is beneficial for humanity." Of course, given that humans have prospered over the last couple hundred years, that is more often a matter of preserving that favorable environment, but nonetheless this perspective resolves potential fallacies of that variety of environmentalism.<br /><br />Long story short, just wanted to say as someone interested in environmental policy, but has difficulty finding space in the poverty of political discourse on the subject, I am extremely pleased you are writing this blog.Bluenoreply@blogger.com