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by 011110111111111 4362 days ago
Who benefits from climate reform? Rich People. -people with beach front property. -Green energy producers whose products are otherwise not economically viable. -People with "green" businesses that can sell Rec credits.

Who is harmed? Poor people. -Higher fuel prices -Higher food prices (fuel is the big input, and warming creates more farmland-- think Canada and Siberia)

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Wow. Just a raft of unfounded assumptions there. For example, warming won't necessarily create farmland in Canada (much of the topsoil in Canada is very poor anyway) but will certainly destroy vast amounts of farmlands in warmer countries ... along with devastating the oceans as a food supply (via acidification). Everyone loses with a warming climate.