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Originally Posted by lostinacause
Most of the institutions, infrastructure and industries that are in place are there to deal with the current situation in place. This means that even if there are insignificant changes in sea levels and weather volatility there and people on average are not subject to worse conditions then there would still be considerable adjustment costs.
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Sounds like a plea for the status quo to me. And what "adjustment costs" might those be? Especially those that would be incurred by "insignificant" changes?
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Originally Posted by lostinacause
My response was not a plea to maintain the status quo. It was only stating the obvious, that unless we are given a reason to think otherwise, the best guess at the ideal temperature would be the current temperature. It would be easy to complicate the response and perhaps I will do that tomorrow.
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I find it abhorrent that you would consider making drastic changes in a mechanism that you don't understand based on "best guess". I knew someone that used to think that an uncooperative vehicle could be made cooperative by beating on the steering wheel. Another plea for the status quo.
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Originally Posted by lostinacause
Also a word of advice; by the worlds I used you should have realized that I have a sufficient background in the economics of the environment to know what I am talking about. Normal people typically don't use worlds like institutions and adjustment costs. I'm sure you also realize that your education in the relevant subject areas limits your ability to understand the issue. While this is fine, you should probably wait to imply insults. Better yet you should probably forgo implying insults altogether, though in this regard I know I am not one to talk.
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And a "world" of advice back to you; I actually have used the word "Institution". If you intend any part of this comment to imply that you are more "educated" and therefore have unassailable knowledge, you have failed miserably. When I use "worlds", I use ones like "curmudgeon, kerfluffle, obfuscate, arrogance, ignorance, bloviate" and many others that apply to narrow-minded "educated" people whose education has been based on a fraud. I also use a spell checker, and usually proofread my posts. Next time you try a thinly veiled, condescending put-down, you might try to make it acceptable to a fifth-grade English class. As it is, you have pretty much knocked yourself out of the debate. Go take some more Algore lessons.