James Annan wrote:
> Jim Torson wrote:
>
> > Would you agree with Bjorn Lomborg that climate change is a long
> > range problem so we shouldn't worry about it now:
>
> I don't think the Lomborgian point of view is in principle invalid, but
> the extent to which he apparently has to cherry-pick to make his point
> suggests that in fact his argument is rather weaker than he would like
> to admit. I think the problem may be best presented as an essentially
> moral/ethical one: we want to leave the planet in a not-too-dissimilar
> state to that in which we found it, because this is what we think is the
> right thing to do, not because any particular economic analysis mandates
> that it is the economically optimal, rational decision.
I would state that Lomborg's statement is a dangerous strawman.
Climate change is a long range problem which requires immediate action
because of the lag times inherent to both policy and climate.
Eli Rabett.
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