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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (67131)	4/16/2018 5:46:08 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 357959

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (67131)	4/16/2018 6:12:37 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 357959

>> No; it's straight physics. I know what you're saying, but it wouldn't be a problem at all were it not for economics. For example, without the economic limitations we could pretty easily remove the excess CO2 from the air at this point (and within a reasonable period of time, that may well happen anyway). Likewise, it is hard to replace expensive facilities with cleaner ones when the costs of the existing facilities are unamortized. As Obama put it, it would drive energy costs sky high. And while I respect Modi's plans, and wish him well, trying to transition India to more efficient operation will be economically damaging to their country as they will have to move directly to more expensive forms of energy. Were it not for economic consequences, we could also act now with total disregard for whether the problem demands attention or not. Because if we fucked it up, we would have plenty of money to fix it. As it now stands, if we spend trillions to solve a problem and screw it up, there's not another go-around. We're dead meat. That's why it is essential that we move slowly and deliberately. Consider that big apartment building in SFO that sinking. It is not that hard to spend a lot of money creating something that requires a multiple of that expenditure to rehabilitate. None of us want the planet destroyed, not one person. But some of us have learned to move with caution on big government projects. (See also: California's "train" cost overruns; "The Big Dig"; and the Superconducting Super Colider).