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Originally Posted by Ark2
The reason that people care more about the economy rather than what the "environmental costs" are is because being able to feed and provide for your family tends to be more important than whether some polar bears are feeling uncomfortable.
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That's the problem. The projected flooding doesn't impact us here in Calgary. The projected drought and famine probably don't. The projected increase in extreme weather events may impact but they're easy to write off as isolated events. I'm not knee deep in water and I actually wouldn't mind a few degrees warmer. So while a potential catastrophe is unfolding elsewhere in the world we can be fat, dumb and happy. That's pretty much human nature.