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Imagine there were known, reliable technologies for adjusting global temperature. You can raise or lower it 0.1°C / $B. What would the world look like? A good
by tlb 9y ago
Imagine there were known, reliable technologies for adjusting global temperature. You can raise or lower it 0.1°C / $B. What would the world look like?
A good outcome would be a global agency that aims to preserve the pre-industrial climate. But with $T incentives for agribusiness in northernly growing regions vs coastal property developers it's not obvious that the outcome will be so uncontroversial.
- ams6110 9y agoWhy the pre-industrial climate. Why not the Jurassic climate? Why not the Precambrian climate? Why is our current climate somehow the best?
- crowbahr 9y agoBecause it's the one we built all our cities in? It seems like an obvious answer: everything currently is built around current water levels +/- a meter or two. 10m extra of water does really bad things to a lot of costal cities. 10m less kills off a lot of shipping harbors and logistical networks.