[throwamon]

> When you turn a tree into a house you create value.

Of course, because the tree has no value, right? As long as you call things you don't care about "externalities" you can trivially prove anything is a positive-sum game.

[bluGill]

It has more value as a house than as a tree. You could grow the tree from a seed and create value.

[throwamon]

If you assume all trees have no value in their context and/or no intrinsic value and/or the same value as any other...

[P5fRxh5kUvp2th]

What's even worse is the poster didn't realize this obvious rebuttal existed.

And I'm with you, I actually dislike the word "externalities", it smacks of calling employees "resources".

[bluGill]

What is pathetic is you think that rebuts anything.