Comments on: Slowing global warming would save piles of money https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/09/01/slowing-global-warming-would-save-piles-of-money/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 01:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/09/01/slowing-global-warming-would-save-piles-of-money/#comment-471697 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 01:47:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21475#comment-471697 Just as a smart shopkeeper will work for sales today and for repeat business, a smart politician should work to keep his present constituents happy and also keep his party in good repute so that it will be able to win the votes of the next generation.

In other words, the long view pays off.

]]> By: Daniel Corcos https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/09/01/slowing-global-warming-would-save-piles-of-money/#comment-471696 Wed, 02 Sep 2015 05:36:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21475#comment-471696 Those who will save money are not the same in the two scenarios. And politicians want to be elected now, not by the next generation in twenty years.

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