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Re:Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario by Aunche on Friday May 26, 2023 @06:08PM (#36090093)
> If I own a house (outright) and live in it, I pay nothing, and no impact on GDP

This is not true, at least in the US. If you're a homeowner, they estimate how much it would cost to rent your own home and include that in the GDP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imputed_rent

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Re:Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario by iso1631 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @05:10AM (#36122723)
You snipped the following line

> So that's why you have imputed rent as part of GDP. Fine, I get that.

I then came up with other parts where economic activity is not imputed

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