AN ENVIRONMENTALIST WORRIES ABOUT “PLUNDERING THE MOON.” And note the defeatist, anti-humanity tone of many of the comments to his piece. Happily, others are more sensible.

Actually, however, Rob Merges and I have this topic covered already, in this (relatively short) piece from the NYU Environmental Law Journal. You’ll pardon me if I think that our discussion is sounder, as well as more nuanced. Among other things, private property rights are likely to be both more environmentally friendly and more wealth-creating than centralized regulatory schemes.