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So, I know people that create lists like this think they're helping things, but the people that created this site are basically "think tank" people, and I don't
by drcode 7y ago
So, I know people that create lists like this think they're helping things, but the people that created this site are basically "think tank" people, and I don't really think they have the expertise to make such precise quantitative claims- Almost no one on their staff has strong economics training as far as I can tell. Yes, they have science expertise, but none of the science is really in dispute anymore among reasonable people- The problem is how to turn the science into appropriate policy actions, and I am not very convinced these sort of "policy experts" who spend their time reading and writing white papers really have any greater insight into the problem than the rest of us- Having people with supposed authority make such laughable statements like "Refrigerant management will reduce carbon emissions exactly 89.74 CO2-Eq" is dangerous, in my opinion, because it greatly oversimplifies the problem.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoHave a better suggestion? You have to start somewhere.
- drcode 7y agoI have outlined my concrete suggestions elsewhere in this comments section (though they don't carry much weight since I am stumped just as much as everyone else) ...but a specific suggestion for these folks would be to simply not publish claims on these sorts of matters with 4 significant digits of precision.