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> Also, an economic depression reduces air pollution which would reduce deaths. In the immediate term, sure. In the medium term an economic depression would we
by leesalminen 7y ago
> Also, an economic depression reduces air pollution which would reduce deaths.
In the immediate term, sure. In the medium term an economic depression would weaken investment, research & development in new green technologies which would increase deaths as the effects of climate change worsen.
- amylene 7y agoOr, it could spur some necessity is the mother of invention innovation for deployment. Or a million other things could happen. I am asking that you change your “would” to “could” to properly reflect the uncertainty. We have a tendency to want to convince people of our views, which gets in the way of making our views more correct. This is challenging to fight, but necessary to learn.
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