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Comment Re:To Whom It May Concern (Score 1) 386

by IamPer on Monday November 19, 2007 @01:52PM (#21409745) Attached to: Judge Rules That I Own Slashdot

If you and all other ranting here had spent another two minutes and actually *read* the post, you might have understood something, and the rest of us wouldn't have to read your complaints. In fact *I* demand three minutes back from *you*. But of course, you won't have the time to actually read this, so never mind.

Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It 586

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 29, 2006 @08:03PM from the ounce-of-prevention dept.

Coryoth writes, "In a report commissioned by the UK government, respected economist Sir Nicholas Stern concludes that mitigating global warming could cost around 1% of global GDP if spent immediately, but ignoring the problem could cost between 5% and 20% of global GDP. The 700-page study represents the first major report on climate change from an economist rather than a scientist. The report calls for the introduction of green taxes and carbon trading schemes as soon as possible, and calls on the international community to sign a new pact on greenhouse emissions by next year rather than in 2010/11. At the very least the UK government is taking the report seriously; both major parties are proposing new green taxes. Stern points out, however, that any action will only be effective if truly global."

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