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by marcus 6758 days ago
The reason fighting climate change scored so low in the CC was not that the problem is not real, its that the damages are still pretty far down the road and that we don't have any really cost-effective ways to do it.

We need to keep spending on research in the area until we can find a solution that will make financial sense.

PS: look up the TED talk on the Copenhagen Consensus for a quick review of the issue