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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Turning the table, if any 'climate benefits' were accruing, they'd be best known to the climate scientists, and already included in the calculus used to calculate GDP.
At a $38-trillion annual loss, whatever 'pluses' existed on the balance sheet, would be exponentially out-shadowed by the 'negatives.'
So 2050 would mark the 'end of growth.' From then on, the economy would continue to contract as we moved deeper into the 6th mass extinction event.
'Ockham's Razor'
I'm saying nobody is looking for good news, because;

a. it doesn't align with any religious ideology
b. nobody pays to discover good news
c. folks would prefer to keep their jobs and social reputation rather than full tell the truth
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