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Many people don't accept that human CO2 emissions are warming the planet because they disagree with the policy prescriptions that climate activists draw from th
by Bostonian 3y ago
Many people don't accept that human CO2 emissions are warming the planet because they disagree with the policy prescriptions that climate activists draw from that. So separate them and say that accepting the role of CO2 emissions does not necessarily entail a particular policy response.
I think human CO2 emissions are causing warming but that most climate-related regulations, such as banning gas stoves in newly constructed homes, future bans on gasoline powered cars, heavily subsidizing electric vehicles, or restricting exploration for fossil fuels, are not worth it. Economist Bjorn Lomborg and columnist Holman Jenkins of the Wall Street Journal espouse this view, as does economist John Cochrane at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/12/unintended-consequences.html https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/12/unintended-conseq....