What would you do in this situation? (if you were president)

[Krill]

Demand money from Company whatever for using half of your river for sewage?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

It is Uruguay and Argentina, and I think has to do with Argentinians being worried about the pollution of some paper factory or some such...

I say annexation of X by the Y

but on more serious note, sit at the table and work out something different, dependant on how much money X has, (Argentina rich?!? since when??? ) perhaps they can invest in some of the expensive non-polluting tech, for a 0 interest 50 year loan or some such... so that both sides win, and escalation with other economic repercussions is avoided...

[OneFootInTheGrave]

oh yes, and for that loaner, get some rights, like inspections, how the environmental money loan is spent etc... so that there is some shared responsibility about the project...

if all else fails you can always bomb the environmental aggressor , there be more cause for preemptive action than in Iraq

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
It is Uruguay and Argentina, and I think has to do with Argentinians being worried about the pollution of some paper factory or some such...

I say annexation of X by the Y

but on more serious note, sit at the table and work out something different, dependant on how much money X has, (Argentina rich?!? since when??? ) perhaps they can invest in some of the expensive non-polluting tech, for a 0 interest 50 year loan or some such... so that both sides win, and escalation with other economic repercussions is avoided...

I think part of the problem was that they did sit down, and the Uruguayan President said they would work things out, and then the next day approved the factory anyway...

[Jon Miller]

ask them to remove said factory or clean up the river to acceptable levels...

if all else fails.. war

JM

[Dinner]

Re: What would you do in this situation? (if you were president)

Originally posted by Barnabas
Imagine 2 countries X and Y divided by a river which is the fronteer.

A foreign company comes to Y and builds a factory which pollutes that river.

How would you as president of X react to it?

Some extra info: Y is a small country and they cant say no to that foreign investment, since it is very important for their economy. it is one of those cases in which a single investment can increase the gdp of a country by 20%

X is much bigger, powerful and wealthier than Y, Y has a history of being largely economically dependant on X.

Uruguay and that paper mill?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Barnabas


Argentina and Uruguay, the company is the finnish Botnia, the factory a paper pulp factory.

Damn, X-stinkied.

[Kontiki]

Take away the Finns' saunas and gay porn. They'll pack up and go home in a matter of days.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Bomb them!

And then steal their oil.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Especially their lubrication oil.

[Kuciwalker]

This reminds me of SimCity, where it's always best to build the high-polluting buildings at the edge (or even better, the corner) of the map so that 1/2-3/4 of the pollution disappears into the next city over

[VetLegion]

True.