Climate Change is Real

From three economists?Well this is a statistcal study of some of the data and their math is probably all right.I'll await the climatologists take on the data used in this analysis as well as a recheck of the math.From what we know already after decades of study, I wouldn't hold my breath. This extraordinary claim, at first glance, does not appear to contain the extraordinary level of evidence required. But we shall see. If my understanding of the state of the present science is acurate then it's already too late. The effects will become more and more dire over the next 30, 40, 50+ generations and there is not anything we can do to stop it. All we can do if we started in ernest today is to slow the accelerating rate of damage.

Hey Bub,One of my Masters is in Economics and I assure you, given the level of math skill needed to model complex chaotic systems like the economy and climatology, it always takes us by surprise when one of us gets something right!OK, it doesn't happen often but when it does it is one hell of a surprise.So there!Edited by AZPaul3, : some change or other. I forget.Edited by AZPaul3, : something else I forgot.

Sunlight is cheap for sure, but the technology to convert it to useful work is not. Strictly looking at operating costs coal is still more productive than solar. That's why solar has not replaced coal.The problem is that our accounting systems do not account for the true social and environmental "costs" of such a plant. Only the operating cash flow is considered. If there were a way to assess an environmental damage cost as a journal entry into the expense system then the equation would be considerably different.That's not going to happen. So until our solar technology reaches a point where it is less expensive, on an operating cash flow basis, than digging coal out of the ground and shipping it many hundreds of miles, then coal will remain. We humans will always opt for the cheaper solution in order to maximize return on investment.Edited by AZPaul3, : What I said made no damn sense at all. Had to change.