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To: i-node who wrote (67121)	4/16/2018 4:26:17 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 357827

I agree with that. At least dealing with any possible global warming problem is far more an economics issue. How much damage will be done by any warming, what would the cost of preventing that be, what would the cost of mitigating it be, what benefits would you get from using resources for other purposes instead of combating or mitigating warming or secondary effects from warming. That's all more economics and to an extent politics than physics. Even on the physics/climatology side the issue isn't something simple like "is CO2 a greenhouse gas gas" or even "what direct warming effects will occur from various amounts of CO2 emission", but rather issues of how strong various positive and negative feedback will be, and uncertain indirect effects of CO2 and/or warming like ocean levels and acidification, changes in precipitation etc. All potentially important issues, but none of them anywhere close to as solid as "CO2 is a greenhouse gas".

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