ENVS 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aquifer
17 Jan 2017
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Oglala aquifer, spans many states, being quickly depleted to be used as irrigation for crop land (wheat, soy, corn) As more people visit them, the more requirements for accessibility are needed and eventually begin to impede with the wild. Fundamental parts of the definition of the commons. Many people in a village have cows. Most of them don"t have enough land for the cows, so they put the cows in the forest, the. So, since they are not paying for the land the cows are on, they put as many cows there as possible to maximize profit. In the end, the commons is ruined because no one took into consideration the care of the land. Life is more complex than this, but most people are driven by great self-interest. Greed (if it doesn"t hurt me, who cares?) Others (desire to provide for your family) Altruism (doing something nice for someone else)
