Global Warming

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The solution is more capitalism, i.e. allow the market to internalize the costs of pollution.

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Ugh... we've been over this a countless times before. Open up a physics book and see how well capitalism helped create chapters. Who is going to invest billions in ITER over 20 years when patents don't last long enough to build a plant. Again I am repeating myself over and over with you. The other capitalism thread we talked in explains why they will never absorb the costs.



For all those worried about economic costs. The cost of 9/11 alone would be more than enough to fund this research. Then think about how this research effects terrorism and national security. As for the cost of producing energy, solar panels are already becoming competitive with coal in the lab and their is much room for improvement. Offshore wind isn't that far away either. If ITER ever gets finished energy will be dirt cheap. All trends say this is a no brainer. It just takes time and patents don't last very long.

ugh... ok this is my last post for the day.

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Dear god you are condescending. Very annoying to try to read your posts.