Anyone who says we cannot afford to stop climate change is lying to you.
A new study estimates that a 20% reduction in CO2 will cost a whopping 2% of GDP.
Shuuttering companies that have the highest CO2 per economic impact (rather than merely focusing on most CO2) helps lead to these large restrictions at incredibly reasonable costs.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-emissions-economic-loss.html
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Kyle Montanio /
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