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251 comments on Climate Change, Sabre Tooth Tigers and Devaluing the Future

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Dezakin on February 23, 2007 - 5:12pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

This doesn't mean that there shouldnt be discounting. Economic growth being stunted now by 1% has absolutely enormous cost for instance over a century.

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beggar on February 23, 2007 - 7:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Economic growth being increased now by 1% has absolutely enormous cost for instance over a century.

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Jason Bradford on February 23, 2007 - 9:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I agree. Often our proposed solutions are the problem. Grow the economy so we can afford to protect the environment...etc.

Can we have economic growth at 5% globally per year while reducing our ecological footprint by 5% per year compounded over the next several decades?

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Dezakin on February 24, 2007 - 4:27pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

With this sort of attitude we can't possibly have a rational conversation. We have diametrically opposed worldviews.

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GreenEngineer on February 26, 2007 - 10:05pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The answer to your question depends entirely on how you measure "economic growth".

(If by GDP, then the answer is no way. But GDP is a lousy measure of real progress. It measures activity only, without distinguishing between productive and destructive activity.)

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