Question 2 Chapter 3 Nick T

The issues raised in the book certainly affect my life directly and indirectly. First is the negative externalities of CO2 emissions. My or anyone else's decisions can affect people all around the world and inderictly affect our own. The author gives the example of CO2 emissions in Pennsylvania possibly causing floods in Bangladesh, or acid rain in Canada destroying forests. The author also mentions how someone's decision to buy a bigger car can affect someone driving a smaller car giving them a higher risk of dying or affecting a asthmatic child. The author gives a solution for some of these externalities by saying how the government can tax companies which would influence them to stop the negative externalities. With that being said the government can positively affect many problems and also cause a negative affect when trying to do good they do the opposite. Overall the issues brought up in the book will affect my life in ways I don't know yet but will some day; the issues also affect my life everyday I walk this earth.