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by adrianN 2409 days ago
Yes imagine we finally get rid of fossil fuel and live in a future with cleaner air and renewable energy everywhere and it turns out that global warming would have killed only one third of the ecosphere instead of the majority. Would be terrible.
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Depends on the costs, no? I do not think many people are arguing against cleaner air or renewable energy.
End of humanity. Cost. Infinite.
The costs seem to be on the order of single digit percentages of global gdp for twenty or thirty years. That doesn't seem too expensive even if you only give a small chance to the IPCC being remotely right.
> Depends on the costs, no?

No

That sounds nice. Please do that.