Greg,
At least people are starting to estimate the cost of repair and disruption. I've only been casually watching but haven't seen lost opportunity costs. For example, uncertainty will prevent orchard farming because the odds of a tree killing drought or heat wave are less well known then in the past. There are many projects and forms of infrastructure which are prevented by uncertainty. People and businesses hate to commit to anything if they don't know what will happen.
Seawalls are a sure bet. Orchards are not.
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Subject: [geo] Good luck adapting to climate change
From: Greg Rau <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, March 07, 2014 9:54 am
To: Geoengineering <[email protected]>
--Those advocating that we can be resilient to or adapt our way out of climate change might want to read this article:Quote:"A central theme of the report is that vulnerabilities and impacts are issues beyond physical infrastructures themselves. The concern is with the value of services provided by infrastructures, where the true consequences of impacts and disruptions involve not only the costs associated with the cleanup, repair, and/or replacement of affected infrastructures but also economic, social, and environmental effects as supply chains are disrupted, economic activities are suspended, and/or social well-being is threatened."The article ends with this familiar plea:"What we really need is some innovative thinking about financing."How about financing prevention? Wouldn't it be (have been) a whole lot cheaper and easier to avoid AGW in the first place? Meantime, anyone up for some real geoengineering - starting a seawall construction business?Greg
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