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> we'll wipe a large fraction of us off the planet and precipitate world war Most climate economists estimate that, without substantial behavioral changes, the
by centimeter 6y ago
> we'll wipe a large fraction of us off the planet and precipitate world war
Most climate economists estimate that, without substantial behavioral changes, the effect of global warming will reduce our GDP by a single-digit percentage from what it otherwise would have been on the order of 100 years.
You’ve been swept up in a very hyperbolic and apocalyptic narrative which lacks any factual basis.
It’s not clear that, from a humanitarian standpoint, we should actually change anything about our behavior right now. The humanitarian cost of losing various sources of cheap energy very likely exceeds the humanitarian benefit of slightly reducing expected global temperature.
- philjohn 6y agoThat may be on a global scale - but does it not ignore localised issues in certain parts of the world?
- munk-a 6y ago> The humanitarian cost of losing various sources of cheap energy very likely exceeds the humanitarian benefit of slightly reducing expected global temperature. I'm totally cool giving a pass to areas with severe humanitarian problems that don't have the means to fight them. I care about America and other big consumers getting their act together. And GDP is an interesting measure of stuff, but it is a really poor reflection of standard of living which I value a lot more than GDP measures or the stock market. In fact, losing or gaining a few points of global GDP isn't going to have any meaningful impact on folks living through humanitarian crises.