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Bruce Gelin's avatar

The late Harvard Prof. James McCarthy gave a talk years ago in which he said that the climate-change denial story would have three phases: (1) it’s not true; and when that became untenable, (2) it’s too expensive to do anything about it; then finally (3) it’s too late. While (1) hangs on forever in some form or other, the current administration seems to be somewhere between (2) and (3). This Substack and previous ones by Dr. Dessler are great demonstrations that refute (2). I have to fear the future if (3) is the path we choose.

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Austin M. Anaya's avatar

Thanks for spreading the good word. I recently wrote about how energy markets work: https://www.complexeffects.com/p/a-lesson-for-maga-in-electricity

Once you know the economics, you see clear as day how the energy source with the highest marginal cost (coal or gas) sets the price. So if your electricity bill is high, you know who to blame.

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