[ExI] Next Decade May See No Warming

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2008/5/5 Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>:

>  > Suppose it's true that global warming will happen and that it will be
>  > a disaster, and suppose it's also true that there is something that
>  > could be done now to prevent it. Even if this is understood by
>  > everyone, the free market is unlikely to give rise to action to avert
>  > disaster if such action results in loss of short and medium term
>  > profits for individual enterprises.
>  Do you think elected officials on a mere few years electability cycle
>  are likely to be more responsive?

I don't have a great deal of respect for elected officials per se but
I do have respect for the capacity for collective decision-making and
collective action. If you prefer, you can think of this as a special
type of contract.




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Stathis Papaioannou