| > would have meant that Bush was not completely inactive on the issue. Actually, he wasn't. He didn't do what you want, but that's a very different than nothing. Are you going with ignorance or "I was trying to emphasize my point"? > I realize I phrased that poorly, and I'm sorry for that, but my point still stands: compared to what we spend on killing each other, the money that is being asked to save our whole way of life is chump change The mainstream folks who want money for climate change disagree. They want hundreds of billions of dollars. If they're wrong, that's a huge deal. Let's see some details supporting your "chump change" estimate.
Are they wrong? > Moreover, the issue of climate change runs much deeper than economics alone. Talking about rates of return and deferred action neglect the potential for catastrophe if we simply continue to do nothing. Catastrophe is short-hand for "very expensive", so you're merely making a "numbers-free" economic argument. The AGW folks have predicted the costs of "catastrophe" and "measures to avoid". (The latter are surely low because they don't significantly affect the predicted climate change.) Once again, if they're wrong, that's a big deal. Let's see the details. |