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Originally Posted by redpoint5
No, conventional power generation is the single greatest form of power generation humanity has ever experienced; not even close to any other methods.
The "cost" has been improved life expectancy, wealth, knowledge, education... every measurable way of calculating human well-being.
Perhaps there is a future cost to pay, but it's unclear when those costs outweigh the mighty benefits now. From the 1 article I linked, scientific evidence suggests the cost of global warming will exceed the benefits sometime around 2080.
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This is where I hit an intellectual wall.
It seems that economists and actuaries missed a few things with their models,only to put even more people at risk now.
We grew a massive population up only to deny them a viable planet.
2018 is credited for $300-billion in climate-related losses.
There will be a point where the reinsurance industry throws their hands up and tells the insurance companies to go fish.
FEMA will close shop.There won't be anymore federal disaster relief.1st-responders will say !adios!
There's no certainty as to the timeline,but there's a whole lotta rumblin' goin' on out there.