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Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: The Economics & Emotion of Global Warming

The conversation in the comments on this blog entry is almost a perfect example of what I don’t understand about the current debate about climate change. On the one hand, we have a fairly large body of evidence to state that we may be causing climate change through our actions, and that this climate change may become irreversible.

On the other, we have a counter-argument saying that because it might not be us, we don’t need to worry. Sometimes an economical backup is thrown into this, saying that to do anything would be too damaging to the global/local/whatever economy.

Surely the downside of irreversible climate change is so bad that we can’t possibly take the risk?

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