Comments on: Coase, Clotheslines and Climate Change http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Miriam Cherry http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52326 Miriam Cherry Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:02:43 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52326 "Right to dry." Gotta love a great pun like that. Thanks for the laugh! “Right to dry.” Gotta love a great pun like that. Thanks for the laugh!

]]> By: Bob Hawkins http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52325 Bob Hawkins Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:37:02 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52325 What about the informational value of being able to examine your neighbor's underwear? What about the informational value of being able to examine your neighbor’s underwear?

]]> By: Mark Alger http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52324 Mark Alger Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:21:31 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52324 Me, I'd want the HOA to prove their assertion that outdoor clothelines diminish property values. M Me, I’d want the HOA to prove their assertion that outdoor clothelines diminish property values.

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]]> By: M. Simon http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52323 M. Simon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:27:15 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52323 Get the HOA to pay for a very tall wooden fence. Carbon sequestration and ecology and property values all in one. Especially if the covenant can't be enforced. Get the HOA to pay for a very tall wooden fence.

Carbon sequestration and ecology and property values all in one.

Especially if the covenant can’t be enforced.

]]> By: Mark http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52322 Mark Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:08:54 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52322 I believe Florida has a law that says anti-clothesline covenants are unenforceable. I believe Florida has a law that says anti-clothesline covenants are unenforceable.

]]> By: Kate Litvak http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52321 Kate Litvak Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:52:19 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52321 Better yet, the rest of the world (presumed beneficiaries of lower carbon emissions) should bribe the HOA to compensate for reduced property values. The HOA should then allow environmentally-driven air-drying, but not the air-drying caused by people’s preference for better-smelling and better-feeling laundry. The “better-smelling” dryers should compensate the HOA directly for the reduction in property values caused by their consumption choice, which is independent from environmental concerns (to the extent the motives are mixed, the payment should be prorated). In the meantime, commuters who prefer to enjoy bucolic views of green yards unobstructed by sightings of drying laundry should either bribe the HOA not to permit it (that is, out-bid the rest of the world, aka beneficiaries of lower carbon emissions), or demand direct compensation from the rest of the world for the reduced enjoyment of everyday commute. Better yet, the rest of the world (presumed beneficiaries of lower carbon emissions) should bribe the HOA to compensate for reduced property values. The HOA should then allow environmentally-driven air-drying, but not the air-drying caused by people’s preference for better-smelling and better-feeling laundry. The “better-smelling” dryers should compensate the HOA directly for the reduction in property values caused by their consumption choice, which is independent from environmental concerns (to the extent the motives are mixed, the payment should be prorated). In the meantime, commuters who prefer to enjoy bucolic views of green yards unobstructed by sightings of drying laundry should either bribe the HOA not to permit it (that is, out-bid the rest of the world, aka beneficiaries of lower carbon emissions), or demand direct compensation from the rest of the world for the reduced enjoyment of everyday commute.

]]> By: Nate Oman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/coase_clothesli_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-52320 Nate Oman Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:34:52 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/coase-clotheslines-and-climate-change.html#comment-52320 The HOA could also offer to bribe the right-to-dryers with carbon offsets, which might or might not, be perfect substitutes for what the rtds want, namely lower carbon emissions. The HOA could also offer to bribe the right-to-dryers with carbon offsets, which might or might not, be perfect substitutes for what the rtds want, namely lower carbon emissions.

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