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Also, impending climate disaster that's been building for decades. The cost of that is borderline incalculable.



That sounds like an interview estimation question.

Presume total extinction due to climate emergency.

GWP = annual gross world product.

r = estimate of risk that we kill ourselves through other means per year e.g. 1 in 100 due to nuclear war.

Presume zero growth (e.g. world growth is offset by population growth, environmental damage, discount rate).

So:

Cost = GWP / 2r


”Fossil fuels doesn’t change the climate, humans change the climate, we merely provide the means and are not liable for cleaning up this mess.”




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