Posted on 11/29/2018 6:37:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A report out of the University of Alaska Anchorage estimates some of the most certain consequences of climate change in Alaska will cost the state between $340 and $700 million per year over the next three to five decades.
That’s “a significant, but relatively modest net economic effect for Alaska as a whole,” the report notes.
But co-author Matthew Berman, a professor of economics at UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research, said the dollar figures don’t capture the large disparity between climate change’s cost to urban and rural Alaska.
But Berman cautioned that the amount the report predicts climate change will cost the state is “almost certainly” an underestimate. The report is a review of available scientific publications on the issue, and it didn’t tally other potentially expensive impacts because not enough is known to put a dollar figure to them.
“Even though we don’t know what the consequences are, it could be fairly substantial,” Berman said. “In a sense…this is a massive uncontrolled experiment on people’s livelihoods. We really don’t know what is going to happen.”
Findings from the report were included in the National Climate Assessment released last week.
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Especially when it gets a lot colder up there.
Exactly. No one knows. But if the temperature trends upward, Alaska is likely to benefit in many ways. Just look at areas where it is a bit warmer.
The great hoax continues now that the earth is entering a cooling phase.
“Even though we don’t know what the consequences are, it could be fairly substantial,” Berman said. “In a sense…this is a massive uncontrolled experiment on people’s livelihoods. We really don’t know what is going to happen.”
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The FACT is the temperatures are getting colder sooner.
Why anyone would believe Al Gore who has made hundreds of millions of dollars on the global warming scare is beyond me.
Freezing to death is a hard way to live. A real solar minimum will be a check up from the neck up for those in the north. Will be the same for us in the south, 24 degrees in November, it’s just starting.
and what’s the economic impact of too much government control?
"HARBINGER DOWN... While studying the effects of global warming on a pod of whales, grad students on a crabbing vessel and it's crew uncovers a froze soviet space shuttle..."
Just who do they pay those hundreds of millions of dollars/yr to?
All this BS has nothing to do with “climate” and has EVERYTHING to do with “money”. Billions of tax dollars are what they’re really after.
Always follow the money trail...
These insane POSs should be taken out, put in stocks and let the “unwashed masses” throw thousands of rotten tomatoes at em.
Even though we don’t know what the consequences are, it could be fairly substantial,” Berman said. “In a sense…this is a massive uncontrolled experiment on people’s livelihoods. We really don’t know what is going to happen.”
Uh huh.
My cousin’s brother’s wife’s 2nd cousin knows somebody that might have some sort of idea what that statement really means......maybe, but we really don’t know
As we always say in the U.P., “When it gets warmer, they will come”. (they, as in everyone needed to make the U.P. a thriving, successful, economically unchallenged area).
Well drill for more Oil
“and what’s the economic impact of too much government control?”
From the article (although they were referring to gorebull warming): “a massive uncontrolled experiment on people’s livelihoods”.
The gifted academics at the university of alaska anchorage quote astronomical expenditures for as yet unknown consequences of Alaska’s reliance on carbon flatulence.
Collecting carbon taxes will solve all of our problems... And the earth will be saved.
This is the belief of those who have been hoodwinked by the Climate Change Cult. Thankfully, Trump hasn’t been initiated into their church of doom.
Yes but Global Warming is causing the climate to get colder. I saw it on Facebook.
As an ardent watcher of Deadliest Catch I’ve noticed their not battling sea ice the last few years.
Whatever that may mean.
Bonjour I’m a French model, lol.
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