http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/11/jim-manzi/keeping-our-cool-what-to-do-about-global-warming/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/11/jim-manzi/keeping-our-cool-what-to-do-about-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-385540 Climate reformists challenge old economic models | Grist Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:50:53 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/11/jim-manzi/keeping-our-cool-what-to-do-about-global-warming/#comment-385540 [...] seawalls, deploying clean energy, migrating to warmer climes, what have you. Jim Manzi puts it thusly: This is the central problem for advocates of rapid, aggressive emissions reductions. Despite the [...] [...] seawalls, deploying clean energy, migrating to warmer climes, what have you. Jim Manzi puts it thusly: This is the central problem for advocates of rapid, aggressive emissions reductions. Despite the [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/11/jim-manzi/keeping-our-cool-what-to-do-about-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-381871 Climate reformists challenge old economic models — My Blog Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:32:28 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/11/jim-manzi/keeping-our-cool-what-to-do-about-global-warming/#comment-381871 [...] Economic conservatives rely on a seemingly commonsense argument: It doesn’t make sense to pay more for carbon reduction than it’s worth, and it isn’t worth that much, at least in the short-term. The hit to GDP growth from an aggressive near-term carbon tax, they say, would be bigger than the hit from near-term climate change. Remember, people in the future are going to be richer than us. That means they’ll also be better equipped to address climate change—by building seawalls, deploying clean energy, migrating to warmer climes, what have you. Jim Manzi puts it thusly: [...] [...] Economic conservatives rely on a seemingly commonsense argument: It doesn’t make sense to pay more for carbon reduction than it’s worth, and it isn’t worth that much, at least in the short-term. The hit to GDP growth from an aggressive near-term carbon tax, they say, would be bigger than the hit from near-term climate change. Remember, people in the future are going to be richer than us. That means they’ll also be better equipped to address climate change—by building seawalls, deploying clean energy, migrating to warmer climes, what have you. Jim Manzi puts it thusly: [...]

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