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But the question is whether the risk of catastrophic consequences due to AGW out weighs the certainty of the economic impact. Lomborg isn't asking for certaint
by TomOfTTB 16y ago
But the question is whether the risk of catastrophic consequences due to AGW out weighs the certainty of the economic impact. Lomborg isn't asking for certainty on AGW (which would be impossible) he's simply arguing the equation has become weighted too much to one side because of fear.
- philwelch 16y agoI agree with you completely. At the root level, though, even that isn't the real question. The real question is: given any particular measure which may impact AGW, what's the EV of that particular measure? For instance, building tons of nuclear power plants has an EV which is affected, but not necessarily dominated, by factors related to global warming. Likewise for measures targeted at reducing car usage. It may be that the typical cap-and-trade or carbon tax schemes proposed to deal with global warming are -EV. That doesn't mean global warming shouldn't inform our decisions.