by William Thornton » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:24 am
The reason I asked is because of the cost assessment for a very short term, 2013-2020. If there is a cost to rising sea levels then what is the rise in the level up to now and what are the expected rises in the next seven years? Should be a very concrete prediction, easily verifiable or refuted, and quickly.
Scientists have concluded that the intensity of storms and attendant damages are due to increased co2. OK, presuming that (a very generous presumption) does that allow for a reduction in costs for a year such as the present hurricane year which is very mild and quiet?
And the figures apply dollars to all this with some presumption that whatever rules passed and implemented by EPA and adhered to by industry to reduce co2 emissions fractionally will actually save some of these assessed environmental costs, e.g., the power industry reduces co2 by x% by 2020, that slows sea level rise and storm intensity by a concomitant x% thereby saving money?
The whole thing has such a smoke and mirrors feel to it.
You ask: "Don’t you have any hesitancy in causing such burdens on future generations?"
This question is irrelevant to my participation in this topic which I specifically limited to the short term, seven years between 2012-2020...but you've been known to move the goal posts before.
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