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Wouldn't it be easier to stop all economies for a month or two every year? And employ entire population to plant trees.
by imhoguy 6y ago
Wouldn't it be easier to stop all economies for a month or two every year? And employ entire population to plant trees.
- umvi 6y agoIn that case we could just use the military to engineer novel viruses and release them uncontrolled into the public. That way we could have periodic global economic shutdowns.
- MattGaiser 6y agoThis proposal costs $5 billion a year. It is a heck of a lot easier than losing 8-16% of GDP.
- yiyus 6y agoThe $5 billion figure in the article is the cost of spraying the atmosphere, creating a new virus every year would be way cheaper (I am not saying it would be a good idea). But, as it has happened with this virus, reducing sunlight would have huge effects in all economic sectors. Agriculture is the most obvious one, but tourism for example would be very affected too, real state markets may radically change, solar power would be much less efficient... It may be much less or much more than 8-16% GDP, I do not know (specially in an hypothetical scenario in which climate change may already be devastating), but for sure it would not be free.
- imhoguy 6y agoThis planet has finite resources and exponential GDP growth is dead end. Without change in a way our economies work artificially destabilizing ecosystems will only do more harm in a long term. The method in article is like using air fresheners in room full of mold.