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Dave J. > writes

>I was going to stay out of it, but 'keeping the worlds economy going' is the
>polar opposite of 'reducing emissions'


Almost certainly unless there is a sudden burst for nuclear, tidal or
massive solar powerstations. None of these seems very likely.

>In fact it's broader than that.
>
>'Keeping the economy going' is, by definition, a maintenance of the current
>exponential rate of growth. That growth (almost) by definition involves a
>parallel increase in consumption.


Yes. That's true and by golly its kicking in with the chinese, and soon
perhaps even the indians. There are 2B of them, which is a tad more than
500M westerners.

>Therefore a 'healthy economy', under the current system of values, desires,
>and definitions of success, probably has an *automatic* cost WRT the odds on
>our survival.


That depend on whether global warming and survival go together.

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