Possible downside: With regard to rights for air,
water, mineral, soil, etcetera, I'm thinking this could potentially lead to 'plant rights'. I can easily envision:
1) Government and big businesses have the most money for equipment and ability to exert eminent domain over properties.
2) Private property owners might not reap expected profits though suffering heavy equipment damage to the
land.
3) How environmentally friendly is (using the example in the article) extracting nickel to create steel? Wouldn't it be better to find a way to use that nickel less destructively. If that isn't possible, what happens with nickel and other harvested heavy metals?
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