• Martin Weitzman
If there is one natural bridge spanning the chasm between today and a century from now, it is climate change. We can envision only the foundation of this bridge. Even so, we can make out enough features to sense that something big and possibly ominous may be on the distant horizon.
By burning fossil fuels on a huge scale, humans are emitting carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate. The accompanying centuries-spanning climate changes are incredibly slow and therefore the consequences seem extremely remote to us.
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