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Are there really trillions of dollars at stake? I find absolutely no reason to believe any set of arm-waved statistics. And estimates of global growth decades

by roc 17y ago

Are there really trillions of dollars at stake? I find absolutely no reason to believe any set of arm-waved statistics. And estimates of global growth decades into the future, from industry groups that can barely predict the fluctuations of their own business from one year to the next are at least as dubious as the most questionable of direct evidence for and against anthropogenic climate change.

randallsquared 17y ago
> Are there really trillions of dollars at stake? One way or the other, yes. Either trillions in avoidable costs due to rising seas, high power bills due to air conditioning, rebuilding infrastructure wiped by superstorms, etc, or trillions in avoidable costs due to legislating carbon scrubbing and energy rationing. The stakes are very high. We'll see how it shakes out.