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Isn't a cooler planet in 50 years worth some amount of money? Nobody _wants_ to pay for trash removal or a sewage system either, because they don't get anythin
by an_ko 6y ago
Isn't a cooler planet in 50 years worth some amount of money?
Nobody _wants_ to pay for trash removal or a sewage system either, because they don't get anything back immediately—maybe a slightly less smelly neighbourhood in a few weeks. The only difference with CO₂ is scale.
- bufferoverflow 6y agoDepends on where you are. I'm sure Russians or Canadians wouldn't mind warmer weather.
- andybak 6y agoYes but they won't like all the second order effects that come with it.
- xenocratus 6y agoWould they mind losing a lot of trade because other countries have to deal with climate change and hence can't spend more to buy Russian or Canadian products?
- kevinmchugh 6y agoAre folks in Siberia big fans of the 100F days and the massive wildfires they've been having this summer?
- magicalhippo 6y agoWarmer planet does not imply just warmer weather. The average of (4, 5, 5, 6) is 5. The average of (1, 2, 9, 9) is 5.25.
- eloff 6y agoWhile most Canadians would love warmer weather, we also are strongly against climate change. It is just such a bag of negative consequences for the whole planet.
- neutronicus 6y agoIt's hard to express how strongly my wife feels about wanting trash gone. She in fact often comes up with schemes to pay to get rid of it before the city will do it for free
- dmoy 6y agoYour city trash is free? We pay like $350-$450/year for city trash.
- neutronicus 6y agoWe rent so I think it's included. Sunk is more accurate than free, though.