| It's about six lines in on one of your links that: global warming at or above 2 degrees Celsius beyond preindustrialized levels will cause - * (B) more than $500,000,000,000 in lost annual economic output in the United States by the year 2100; ... other bad stuff.. * (F) a risk of damage to $1,000,000,000,000 of public infrastructure and coastal real estate in the United States Which is just a summary of the IPCC which goes into great detail on the GDP impacts. And that's just the "Green" part, they immediately launch into a bunch of things that just are standard of living and how they want to improve it. > life expectancy declining while basic needs, such as clean air, clean water, healthy food, and adequate health care, housing, transportation, and education, are inaccessible to a significant portion of the United States population; So I think we've conclusively demonstrated, that you're not reading/hearing what these peaple are actually saying. edit: on Bernie's relatively short page which you provided the link to: > The cost of inaction is unacceptable. Economists estimate that if we do not take action, we will lose $34.5 trillion in economic activity by the end of the century. And the benefits are enormous: by taking bold and decisive action, we will save $2.9 trillion over 10 years, $21 trillion over 30 years, and $70.4 trillion over 80 years. And this is from a plan that pays for itself in 15 years. |