Counting the Cost of Fixing the Future - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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What would you pay to protect the world in which your great-great-grandchildren will live from hurricanes, drought and the like?
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Perhaps the most startling conclusion to be drawn from the new estimates is that the sacrifice demanded of our generation to prevent vast climate change down the road may turn out to be rather small.
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I think this article was appropriate for our task, since most of the article was about opportunity cost, if we should spend our money on fixing the future. This subject (the environment) can be seen as an opportunity cost since we choose to venture our money on the environment for the future, even though we might not will take part of the advantages now, for the moment.