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In article <1993Jan8.120951.17350@merlin.comlab.ox.ac.uk> library@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Gordon Riddell) writes:
>In article <8119@skye.ed.ac.uk> ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) writes:
>>
>>In article <8100@skye.ed.ac.uk> ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk I wrote:
>>
>>#  Meanwhile the Danish Kroner would collapse because the sum we originally
>>#  paid for the Shetlands, plus compound interest, would probably be
>>#  greater than the sum of all the money in the European Community. 
>>
>>But if you think about the opportunity costs, it would probably be
>>cheaper to give the Shetlands back to the Danes than to clean up the oil
>>spill. 
>>
>
>Yes, I think that was why I suggested that now was a good time to give it
>back.
>

	But don't you think it would be _cheaper_ to simply give the Shetlands
	back to whoever you bought them from?  That's gotta be less expensive than
	doing the clean-up, right?

	Redundantly,
		Mitch

With apologies to KJ.


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Mitch Gorman		srscnslt@telesciences.com	emrys@cellar.org
"You can tell he's doing well by the look in inhuman eyes,
	Better not compromise -
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