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The Cost of Curbing Climate Change
U.S. News & World Report ^ | March 28, 2017 | By Joseph Aldy

Posted on 03/28/2017 11:23:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer
On average, every ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere imposes damages equal to about $40.

But the trees and plants eat it up.

So how much value does it add to agriculture and timber production?


21 posted on 03/28/2017 1:16:41 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Two much of a good thing.

OTOH - too much of a bad thing is even worse.


22 posted on 03/28/2017 1:22:15 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
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EEEK - Ok knock it off.


23 posted on 03/28/2017 1:27:14 PM PDT by corkoman
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So how much value does it add to agriculture and timber production?

I plugged a few numbers into my handy-dandy CarbonOmeter Climate Model. To offset the Ag and timber industries CO2 output, they need to pay 25% more in taxes, raise the minimum wage for their employees, convert all machinery to biofuels, and apologize for their white privilege.

24 posted on 03/28/2017 1:34:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bribe the sun


25 posted on 03/28/2017 1:44:05 PM PDT by bigbob
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One of my favorite ways to edumicate the creepozoids is to point out that the next Ice Age is coming, and there is NOTHING we can do to change that fact. Whether it is because of the Sun (the most likely reason), or some other factors, or a combination of factors, the next Great Cold is on the way. The average Ice Age is at least 100,000 years. Many years ago there was a mile of ice on top of Manhattan. Before the creepozoids destroyed the scientific method, we used to teach all this as natural. I also like to point out that most of life on Earth is carbon based life. Man will survive, but the AlGoreBots may not.


26 posted on 03/28/2017 1:46:06 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try.)
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On average, every ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere imposes damages equal to about $40.

Ridiculous unsupported hogwash.

No smoking hot spot David Evans - THE AUSTRALIAN July 18, 2008

1. The greenhouse signature is missing. We have been looking and measuring for years, and cannot find it.

Each possible cause of global warming has a different pattern of where in the planet the warming occurs first and the most. The signature of an increased greenhouse effect is a hot spot about 10km up in the atmosphere over the tropics. We have been measuring the atmosphere for decades using radiosondes: weather balloons with thermometers that radio back the temperature as the balloon ascends through the atmosphere. They show no hot spot. Whatsoever.

If there is no hot spot then an increased greenhouse effect is not the cause of global warming. So we know for sure that carbon emissions are not a significant cause of the global warming. If we had found the greenhouse signature then I would be an alarmist again.


27 posted on 03/28/2017 5:44:16 PM PDT by TigersEye (President Trump is not a politician.)
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So far, the Trump administration appears to be focused solely on costs

Cost ultimately reflects total energy consumption. Lower cost means less energy used and less pollution.

If libtards really wanted to reduce pollution they would 1) reduce the cost of government, and 2) send the millions of poor immigrants back to their lower cost countries.

28 posted on 03/28/2017 6:40:02 PM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Just before bedtime; I will have a nightmare for sure!


29 posted on 03/28/2017 7:46:49 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Parroting fake news is highly profitable for some.)
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