Update: You may be able to watch the debate on Youtube around August 24th, the link that worked for a short time has been taken down.The debate I announced here between Steve Koonin and Andy Dessler took place Monday, August 15th, it was very educational and illuminating. I will try and write more about it in a few days.In short Andy Dessler said that economic models suggest that climate change is negative for human civilization and not positive at all. But he avoided putting any … [Read more...]
The Economic Cost of Eliminating Fossil Fuels
Image: Creative Commons under UnsplashThe debate on how much impact humanity has on climate change continues. As nearly everyone knows by now, there is no observational evidence that humans have a significant impact on climate, so the debate is mostly over which future climate projection is likely. It also isn’t clear that the changes we might cause are bad, most of the evidence suggests that additional CO2 and warming have been beneficial so far and will likely be beneficial in the future. But … [Read more...]
