A hellish future: the planet is in trouble
The rise in temperature since 1850 is perhaps the most sobering indication of the trouble the planet is in
26 September 2019 - 05:00
I once knew a libertarian economist who had nothing but scorn and loathing for what he called "the climate change business" — by which he meant all the scientists, NGOs and other "alarmists" apparently making money out of scaring people that the world was about to end.
Giving the market complete free rein, without even a faint clank of government regulation, was the way to enduring happiness and prosperity. "Let’s privatise the air," he’d say, only half joking...
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