QOTD: Ezra Klein
by digby
Well hell:
I'm a climate pessimist. I don't believe the United States — or the world — will do nearly enough, nearly fast enough, to hold the rise in temperatures to safe levels. I think we're fucked. Or, at the least, I think our grandchildren are fucked.
And then he goes on to lay out exactly why. It's exceedingly depressing. But probably true.
If only we could find a way to make our lawmakers believe that dealing with climate change would reduce the deficit then we might get somewhere.
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