Seems a reasonable enough question. My guess? The EPA. Which granted itself that ownership.
Oh, and of course John Roberts. Though he is happy to let the government do the rent collecting.
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No, I own the air. Pretty soon I’m going to start charging everybody for a breathing license.
But do you own your mineral rights?
Next they’ll contaminate the purity of your precious bodily fluids. If they haven’t already.
The Beatles Tax Man comes to mind.
The air tax in The Moon Is A Harah Mistress too comes to mind, but that was to show how clueless socialists were when it came to public infrastructure (the air being manufactured on the moon).
So if I die do my descendents get only 45% of my air?
“No, I own the air. Pretty soon I’m going to start charging everybody for a breathing license.”
And I will pay for that license in non-arson credits which is were I add potential value to the future a building by not setting fire to it.
Ahem… 2nd try:
And I will pay for that license in non-arson credits which is where I add potential value to the future of a free standing building by not setting fire to it.
Of course without the legal use of air the not-fire would need a not-internal oxygen source of some kind.
Sorry, I only take non-arson credits in payment for non-skull-fracture credits, the purpose of which I believe you get my drift.
I’ll wear a helmet and take my chances.
I sometimes like to share my wind with those sitting around me, particularly after a nice meal that’s featured two large helpings of garlic mashed potatoes.
I have a bit of socialist in me that way.
Okay, I’m stealing that line next time there is, um, appropriate opportunity: Share the Wind!
Which one of the air owners is supposed to be sued for the traversing rock damages?
According to my attorney, I cannot be held responsible for what people, including mythical celestial beings, do with their licensed ration of air.
Which legal principle has been tested, in fact, after a recent Jeff binge on garlic mashed potatoes.