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I think a lot of people including NYT & WaPo staff don't understand that economic prosperity and environmental sustainability are mutually exclusive. In fact mo

I think a lot of people including NYT & WaPo staff don't understand that economic prosperity and environmental sustainability are mutually exclusive. In fact most, if not all politicians and business people suffer the same lack of understanding.

yokaze 7y ago
That view send to be shared by 16 Nobel laureates of economics and other 2600 economists signing the Economist statement on climate change in 1997 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economists%27_Statement_on_Climate_Change https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economists%27_Statement_on_C...). Calling your difference in opinion a "lack of understanding" seems a bit inappropriate.
- polotics 7y ago
  97 is ancient history in climate modelling
  - shawnb576 7y ago
    Is it? Models going back decades are pretty darn correct from what I’ve read https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/04/climate-models-have-accurately-predicted-global-heating-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/04/climate-...
  - yokaze 7y ago
    You are missing to make a point. Time could work either way. Have you want evidence, that their opinion changed to the contrary?