One family has more cars than what can fit in their driveway, so they park extra ones in their neighbor's yard. Over time, some spots of grass on the neighbor's lawn are no longer green near where the extra cars are parked. This scenario represents a tragedy of the commons. This statement is true. Here option A is correct.
The scenario described aligns with the concept of the tragedy of the commons, a term coined by economist Garrett Hardin in 1968. The tragedy of the commons refers to a situation where individuals, acting in their self-interest, deplete shared resources, leading to the detriment of the entire community.
In this case, the family with more cars than their driveway can accommodate is exploiting the neighbor's yard as a common resource for parking. While individually it may be convenient for the family to park their extra cars there, collectively, it results in the degradation of the neighbor's lawn, symbolized by the loss of green grass.
This degradation occurs because the cost of parking the cars on the neighbor's lawn is not borne by the family but is externalized to the common resource, illustrating the tragedy of the commons where self-interest undermines the well-being of the shared environment. Here option A is correct.
Complete question:
One family has more cars than what can fit in their driveway, so they park extra ones in their neighbor's yard. Over time, some spots of grass on the neighbor's lawn are no longer green near where the extra cars are parked. This scenario represents a tragedy of the commons.
A - True
B - False