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Isn't a cooler planet in 50 years worth some amount of money?

Nobody _wants_ to pay for trash removal or a sewage system either, because they don't get anything back immediately—maybe a slightly less smelly neighbourhood in a few weeks. The only difference with CO₂ is scale.




It's hard to express how strongly my wife feels about wanting trash gone. She in fact often comes up with schemes to pay to get rid of it before the city will do it for free


Your city trash is free? We pay like $350-$450/year for city trash.


We rent so I think it's included.

Sunk is more accurate than free, though.


Depends on where you are. I'm sure Russians or Canadians wouldn't mind warmer weather.


Warmer planet does not imply just warmer weather.

The average of (4, 5, 5, 6) is 5. The average of (1, 2, 9, 9) is 5.25.


Are folks in Siberia big fans of the 100F days and the massive wildfires they've been having this summer?


Yes but they won't like all the second order effects that come with it.


While most Canadians would love warmer weather, we also are strongly against climate change. It is just such a bag of negative consequences for the whole planet.


Would they mind losing a lot of trade because other countries have to deal with climate change and hence can't spend more to buy Russian or Canadian products?




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