@kevinrns @johncarlosbaez The capacity of the Earth’s...

Our efforts to mitigate the damage seem to also be increasing exponentially, but the oligarchs are desperately struggling to stop those efforts and ensure our extinction.

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27 January at 20:57 | Open on mstdn.party

Kevin Russell

@donaldball @johncarlosbaez

Using safe materials is an extra cost, the thieves care about that. I dont. Make safe things safely.

It will cost more! So what? We can afford it. 14 people make 1/2 a million tons of steel.

Economics was once the study of how to maximize the creation and distribution of scarce goods.

Economics now is the study of preventing the distribution of plentiful goods.

27 January at 21:44 | Open on mstdn.social

Kevin Russell

@donaldball @johncarlosbaez

I'm not being flip the costs of ignoring, foisting the extra costs of bad tech, asbestos, carbon fuels, mining to others DOESNT SAVE MONEY, its more expensive. Canada lost 30 billion treees in one year. Wind for 12 million homes is 25 billion dollars.
Carbon fuels are a massive OPPORTUNITY COST. Billions in repairs are being spent, for climate, the same billions could have built carbons replacement.

Saving hundreds of billions
For example.

#Climate

@donaldball @johncarlosbaez

I'm not being flip the costs of ignoring, foisting the extra costs of bad tech, asbestos, carbon fuels, mining to others DOESNT SAVE MONEY, its more expensive. Canada lost 30 billion treees in one year. Wind for 12 million homes is 25 billion dollars.
Carbon fuels are a massive OPPORTUNITY COST. Billions in repairs are being spent, for climate, the same billions could have built carbons replacement.

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28 January at 16:53 | Open on mstdn.social