The Business Case for Protecting the Climate

[assfaceg]

that bitch doesnt know what she is talking about

[CptCrash21]

and you do, "assfaceg"?

[i0null]

Environment/climate change seems to be a hot topics right now. You really do wonder if these people are just over-hyping for money. Climate change and more specifically global warming/cooling is natural, there is no significant evidence that we are affecting it.

[MrMsFanta]

@i0null Where do you live? the consequences of climate change (which result from an unsustainable use of our resources) are not visible in rich country. Go to Africa or Australia and you will see how the climate change affect life.

Okay, so let's say you do not believe in Climate Change but do you think we will have enough oil for the next generation. World population will double in a few years, how about the oil?

[xcodingmonkeyx]

There's one big problem, solar and wind don't provide base load electricity (which constitutes 60%-80% of your electric load). Oh wait, she doesn't even know that is, I forgot.

[CptCrash21]

That's not really that big a problem. If you read her book "Natural Capitalism" she addresses that issue from several different angles. Besides all that, there are plenty of innovative solutions to this.

[CptCrash21]

(Comment directed towards "xcodingmonkeyx")

[JohnnySoftware]

I have been hearing a lot about "green jobs" this summer. This video explains them.

It also laid out what the financial incentive is for creating these positions at traditional companies.

They save lots of money, have fewer worries about getting insurance, and reduce their exposure to risk. All those things make them more competitive.

Detroit automakers conversely ignored this and are now asking for $50B loan from feds so they can stay in business! Their profits went to Japan automakers.

[zassounotsukushi]

at 50:11

$500 billion a year for nuclear

$200 billion a year for clean coal

Did this speaker graduate high school? Does she know what a billion is?

[CptCrash21]

Do you have any actual point with your comment? She is speaking about a meeting she attended and you speak as if she is incorrect. I must assume that either a)you were at the meeting b)you know someone that was, or c) you weren't there but just don't believe that they would ask for that much. It isn't surprising that they would grab at as much as possible, just do a little research and you'll find much precedent for such a thing.

[zassounotsukushi]

No!

My point is that these numbers are simply not possible. The entire value of the ENTIRE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY in the nation would not approach $500 billion! Does this make any sense to you?

All U.S. federal spending into fission power in all of history amounts to about $100 billion.

They did not request that. It is far from logistically possible (outright laughable), and only someone with no concept of large numbers would think it is.

[CptCrash21]

I think I understand where you're coming from now. Glad to see you're not just offering unsubstantiated pejorative posts on here. Having followed much of her work, and tentatively claiming to understand her way of thinking, I'm going to see if I can clear it up on her behalf. She's probably coming to that number on her own. She probably heard their lobbies (for say 50bil)and counted with that the cost of additional infrastructure projects, negative effects on competition, market adjustments, etc

[MrMsFanta]

@zassounotsukushi Have you heard about Chernobyl or have you been studying chemistry at all? Where do you think those companies will dump the radioactive waste???? I am sure Not In Your Back Yard but in my country...Africa! That is where all the effects of climate change.

I understand 500billion is a lot of money but we should change little-by-little so that everyone can adapt themselves with the green movement!

[DrHavanger]

ugh, not worth watching 0 stars.

flame on

[FreiheitKampfer]

epic

[Dalypics]

search "hemp b4 drilling"

peace out

[JuanRomeroDotCH]

Hero indeed.