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Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
'Trump pulls out of Paris Accord, stocks rise. Why isn't the end of civilization priced into the market? '-Scott Adams

Paris Accord to cost U.S. 1.1 million industrial jobs & cost every U.S. family an extra 20% per yr on electric bill.
Why is the economic cost the only one under consideration? If you willfully ignore other factors - factors that have the potential to be even more costly, economically speaking - then you truly fail to make an objective, informed decision.
We have moved well into environmental protection. It has no teeth and China doesn't have to do anything for a decade or more and they have overtaken us in emissions. The fact that this would cost us three trillion dollars is unnacptable. We are 20 trillion in debt. We just need to look at the bottom line. Trump is fulfilling a campaign promise that the people voted him in for. We would also have to give India billions of dollars in foreign aid as that's what they wanted prior to agreeing to sign. Many countries won't follow the rules as there is no inspections or penalties for not following the agreement. It really was just a feel good photo op and a waste of money putting a bunch of dignitaries in fancy hotels as they hammered out this useless deal.