Comments on: Optimistic economists weigh in on climate change http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/optimistic-economists-weigh-in-on-climate-change/ EcoTone focuses on ecological science in the news and its use in policy, conservation and education. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Thomas Kluyver http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/optimistic-economists-weigh-in-on-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-14842 Thomas Kluyver Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:54:09 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=1897#comment-14842 It does sound optimistic. It's worth noting that those three points are for the more ambitious of their two plans, for 350ppm by 2100. They also offer a by-2200 scenario, which is still optimistic, but not so extreme. And it's encouraging to see people considering how such targets might be met. My impression is that they're focussing only on how much money it would theoretically take, and not on the practical questions like "where are all those forests going to go?" and "where will our electricity come from?" I appreciate that money is what economists study, though. It does sound optimistic. It’s worth noting that those three points are for the more ambitious of their two plans, for 350ppm by 2100. They also offer a by-2200 scenario, which is still optimistic, but not so extreme. And it’s encouraging to see people considering how such targets might be met.

My impression is that they’re focussing only on how much money it would theoretically take, and not on the practical questions like “where are all those forests going to go?” and “where will our electricity come from?” I appreciate that money is what economists study, though.

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