The Middle Ground with Global Warming [View article]
Be careful Fred. This has been Exxon's take on "Global Warming" since 1985 and they were vilified for it.
On Aug 20 10:24 AM Fred W wrote:
> The REAL answer is that we DON'T know the answer. But you must ask > yourself, "What is the penalty for being wrong?" On one side of the > coin you have the possible downside of dramatically slow economic > growth and large shift toward efficiently using of resources. > On the other side of the coin you have the potential for global catastrophe > and the beginning of another dark age. > There are no credit default swaps to hedge global warming--no-bail > outs possible. If it happens, we are stuck with the carnage. > So, do you feel lucky? > OR are you just planning on dieing before any of the real downside > risk shows up?
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Be careful Fred. This has been Exxon's take on "Global Warming" since 1985 and they were vilified for it.
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On Aug 20 10:24 AM Fred W wrote:
> The REAL answer is that we DON'T know the answer. But you must ask
> yourself, "What is the penalty for being wrong?" On one side of the
> coin you have the possible downside of dramatically slow economic
> growth and large shift toward efficiently using of resources.
> On the other side of the coin you have the potential for global catastrophe
> and the beginning of another dark age.
> There are no credit default swaps to hedge global warming--no-bail
> outs possible. If it happens, we are stuck with the carnage.
> So, do you feel lucky?
> OR are you just planning on dieing before any of the real downside
> risk shows up?