Comment Re:sigh (Score 2) 627
Many people in the current political climate believe that any formal, organized response to climate change will hurt the economy, cost jobs, cut growth, and create additional spending. In a larger sense, and if we accept these concerns, is this not borrowing from the future?
If a business has made its money by "borrowing from the future" through unsustainable and environmentally damaging practices, and that business is subsequently put out of business because of legal reform that makes their practices impractical financially, well yes, you are hurting certain current economic concerns, but in the long run those concerns would continue to do more harm than good.