[ExI] cure for global warming is working

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Tue Dec 21 23:33:56 UTC 2010


On 12/21/2010 3:31 PM, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> An interesting issue is that the markets do not seem to be pricing like
> they expect climate to be a big problem. Either they are very
> shortsighted, investors are mis-investing, or they do not "believe" (as
> information markets) in major climate change. Either way, there is
> likely arbitrage to be made.

Barbara comments:

<Insurance companies seem to be anticipating rises in sea level, and 
quite a bit of research is being done on crops that are less sensitive 
to temperature extremes (especially high temps) than existing crops. >

Damien Broderick



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