For the cost of the "green transition", we could end world hunger, eradicate poverty, and electrify all of Africa, and still have trillions of dollars left over.
I agreed wholeheartedly, Ken. Ten years ago I might have disagreed with you, but now I'm with you 100%.
Covid helped me realize how much public policy and public panic is driven by computer models that are seldom calibrated (because life happens only once). Climate is the same. Except there's *almost* a sense that is we just pour enough money into the pit, the problem will go away.
The climate panic is driven by the top end of the error bars, rather than averages. We have plenty of capacity and resilience to adapt to the average prediction, especially if we opt to solve the problems you've articulated.
Another related concern: depopulation in the name of climate. Extrapolating current trends, I can see there will be no health care system when my children have aged. (In Canada we're already solving that by encouraging people to die with doctors' help.)
So, yeah, I used to work in the climate industrial complex. Now I'm ashamed of what we're doing in response to computer modeling when we could be improving lives for millions of people now. (Bjorn Lombard used to really irritate me... probably because some part of me knew he was right all along)
I'm a big fan of Bjorn Lomborg. He's one of the few level heads in the environmentalist camp.
And yes, our government in Canada wrote the book on throwing money at things - and usually the wrong things.
As far as our health care goes, it seems like we may finally be willing to give the private sector a chance at helping out at least a little bit, since it's become painfully obvious that all that money that was thrown at that particular service has done very little good.
I agreed wholeheartedly, Ken. Ten years ago I might have disagreed with you, but now I'm with you 100%.
Covid helped me realize how much public policy and public panic is driven by computer models that are seldom calibrated (because life happens only once). Climate is the same. Except there's *almost* a sense that is we just pour enough money into the pit, the problem will go away.
The climate panic is driven by the top end of the error bars, rather than averages. We have plenty of capacity and resilience to adapt to the average prediction, especially if we opt to solve the problems you've articulated.
Another related concern: depopulation in the name of climate. Extrapolating current trends, I can see there will be no health care system when my children have aged. (In Canada we're already solving that by encouraging people to die with doctors' help.)
So, yeah, I used to work in the climate industrial complex. Now I'm ashamed of what we're doing in response to computer modeling when we could be improving lives for millions of people now. (Bjorn Lombard used to really irritate me... probably because some part of me knew he was right all along)
I'm a big fan of Bjorn Lomborg. He's one of the few level heads in the environmentalist camp.
And yes, our government in Canada wrote the book on throwing money at things - and usually the wrong things.
As far as our health care goes, it seems like we may finally be willing to give the private sector a chance at helping out at least a little bit, since it's become painfully obvious that all that money that was thrown at that particular service has done very little good.
That's a topic for another time...
The Inquisition! Let's begin the Inquisition! Look out, sin!
Donald Trump's words of wisdom: "Their victories have not been your victories."
And this is definitely not a victory for us.