Sorry, Climate Change Wouldn't Hurt America's Economy

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Jeaccusia of AL 9:51PM April 07, 2010

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adjuct of AL 5:44PM February 24, 2010

nice, really nice!

Invexixheli of AL 10:58PM April 16, 2009

Please have a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Global_warming/Archives/2008/6#US_gov.27t_.28NOAA_leading.29_finally_expresses_an_opinion_on_storm_strength
Isn't the constant battering of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts by more and stronger hurricanes a pretty strong economic drain? Now that AIG is wrapped up in the TARP, doesn't that mean it comes out of our taxes?

James of CA 4:04PM January 07, 2009

So basically, since we live in the US - an area that won't be so badly damaged by altered climates - we should just close our eyes and try to make our economy bigger, probably costing developing nations trillions of dollars and millions of lives? We're willing to let the majority of people suffer because of our bourgeois lifestyles? Absolutely intolerable!
I'm sorry, but this is no "solution," nor is it a reasonable stance to take. This is more or less advocating genocide, even though it's at the hands of all of us.
Absurd - this article should be recanted. Clearly the author has misunderstood its true scope and underlying implications.

Luke Gardner of NC 11:39AM January 07, 2009

Off the top of my head, the authors didn't include:
The costs of sea level rise. USGS recently reported that we might face a four-foot rise by 2100. Assuming this is linear (which I don't know to be true, but bear with me), we face a two-foot rise by 2050 or so. What might this do to our coastal cities?
The costs of ocean acidification. Our releases of CO2 are driving the pH of the ocean down. This puts a huge variety of marine organisms at risk, as many animals build shells of calcium that will dissolve in acidic conditions. Fisheries worldwide are already in decline; taking out a wide variety of species of plankton, the foundation of the ocean's food chain, will only make this worse.
Temperature ranges outside the last fifty years. Since 11 of the hottest years on record since 1850 have taken place in the last 13 years, one might assume that we're going to experience different phenomena than has previously been the case.
Ethical concerns. Hey, we're doing fine here in the US! Oh, a few million Bangladeshis have been displaced by rising sea levels, and many can be expected to starve, and all to be miserable? Sorry, can't be bothered.
Faster, please? No thank you.

Doug Blair of PA 5:40PM January 06, 2009

Forget global climate change. Forget man-made global climate change.
Climate change hurt's America's economy every year. Hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, the Dust Bowl are all examples of climate change that impact crops, business, lives and homes.
Now we are told, that a change to the entire planet will have no impact? Based on what facts?
When is the media going to wake up and start questioning the 'experts?'

Robert Burlingham of CA 2:35PM January 06, 2009

Nice post and interesting study, although not surprising. Wealth and temperate latitudes shield the wealthy from risk. There's a lot more on this glaring "Climate Divide" in our 2007 series of that name, links in the Dot Earth post here: http://tinyurl.com/dotDivide

Andrew Revkin of NY 2:12PM January 06, 2009

There are several primary references associated with the material that I have covered, if ever so briefly.
(1) Earth’s Changing Climate. Lecture Series by Dr. Richard Wolfson, the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College. This is a six hour lecture series (12 segments of 30 minutes each) on two DVDs produced by The Teaching Company of Chantilly VA 20151-1232.
www.TEACH12.com.
This series covers in-depth detail of the science and methodology of climate change. It is not an advocacy program. Interestingly, Dr. Wolfson does not even mention Methane-Clatherate in this lecture series -- knowledge on that subject is almost too new to have been included.
(2) Fire in the Ice. Quarterly Journal , U.S.Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory. Also known as Methane Hydrate Newsletter. Recommended reading is all issues to current issue from about 2000 forward. This is the best of several technical journals devoted to the science of Methane Clatherates.
http://www.netl.doe.gov/about/index.html
(3) HIGH TIDE by Mark Lynas. Picador, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. 10010. ISBN 0-312-30365-3. This well written book clarifies the problems of Global Warming “… The American People have been subjected to one of the most pervasive misinformation campaigns ever undertaken …”
www.picadorusa.com
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JCSpilman of AL 8:45PM January 05, 2009