Re:Americans aren't willing to pay to stop climate change
by LorenPechtel on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:29PM
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The $36T figure isn't unreasonable, just cherry-picked. It's counting up the costs without counting the money that is no longer spent elsewhere.
It's like saying that if I decide to patronize the Chevron station it's going to cost $800/year to buy gas, without considering that I'm currently spending $800/year at the Shell station.
Re:Americans aren't willing to pay to stop climate change
by bko on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:08PM
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This was the google snippet for green new deal cost. Please provide a better source of the actual cost.
Re:Americans aren't willing to pay to stop climate change
by handrous on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:19PM
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I quick search yields that the best answer is "no-one knows because the proposal remains too vague and too much in-flux to provide an answer".
The CBO has not yet weighed in. That's usually a good starting point for any legislation that's getting seriously close to consideration.
Their figures aren’t even in “let’s debate” realm. They cite $36 trillion just for universal healthcare when even the CBO admits that Medicare for All would save $300-600 billion per year. This is nowhere close to good faith accounting, it’s intentionally misleading