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I’m not so concerned with the fiscal costs, and I think it’s short-sighted to think of the problem as one that can be solved or ameliorated by moving dollars an
by el_benhameen 8y ago
I’m not so concerned with the fiscal costs, and I think it’s short-sighted to think of the problem as one that can be solved or ameliorated by moving dollars and percentages around. The human and environmental costs, dollars aside, are staggering and painful to think about. E.g. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-...
37% of world population exposed to extreme heat waves and an additional 400 million people exposed to extreme drought at a 2 degree increase. And they’ll be angry, and they’ll either find somewhere else to go en masse or will suffer even more if they can’t leave.
- incangold 8y agoIt is excruciating to think about. The consternation in Europe at a million or so Syrian refugees has been grotesque. Let alone hundreds of millions trying to get in, at the same time Southern Europe is having crop failures itself due to drought.