Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm [pdf]

Re:Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm [pdf] by drorh on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:41PM (#18623166)

Wow, by 2100 it will cost the US 10% of its economy? You mean a small size recession? And you all are such a fuss about? And for that you want to deprive 3rd world people from gaining the same benefits you get from energy?

This is alarmism on the grandest scale and a horrifying hypocritical at that. There is nothing we can do about CO2 right now. We can just continue to work on safer and cleaner ways to generate electricity (atomic mainly, fusion hopefully, solar for the local homes, etc.)

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Re:Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm [pdf] by Brakenshire on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:41PM (#18624071)

The predicted costs of tackling it are significantly lower, so why not just tackle it and avoid the recession.

Also, a permanent loss of 10% is not a small recession, most recessions lead to no permanent loss, just a demand shock which is made up afterwards. A permanent loss of 10% is more like the financial crisis, and I’d rather avoid that if I can. One brought Trump and Brexit, I’d rather not add another to the mix.

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Re:Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm [pdf] by Comevius on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:16PM (#18623912)

Alarmism was never so appropriate. We have so much to lose.

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