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← An increase in wealth provides more certain protection against climate-related risks than emissions reduction.

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Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under government government Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: An increase in wealth provides more certain protection against climate-related risks than emissions reduction. An increase in wealth provides morecertain protection against climate-relatedrisks than emissions reduction. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Apr 2024 JC Judith Curry — holds since 2024-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sellers and real estate agents are financially incentivized to avoid learning about or disclosing climate risk — tap to centre the map on it Sellers and real estate agents arefinancially incentivized to avoidlearning about or disclosing climaterisk Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's climate benefit from aiding renewable energy only cancels out its harm from aiding fossil fuel production if it boosts renewables several times more than it boosts fossil fuels. — tap to centre the map on it AI's climate benefit from aidingrenewable energy only cancels outits harm from aiding fossil fuelproduction if it boosts renewablesseveral times more than it boostsfossil fuels. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do notspare land would push investmentaway from the thing that actuallyprotects wild habitat. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Less technology and less wealth increase the risk of human extinction, rather than reduce it. — tap to centre the map on it Less technology and less wealthincrease the risk of humanextinction, rather than reduce it. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 DL Daniel Lemire — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. — tap to centre the map on it Breaking the trade-off betweenprosperity and the environment is anopportunity rather than somethingthat will happen on its own. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Lowering regulatory burden onbusinesses leads to increased wealthfor everyone. Last stated 4 weeks ago 26 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's use by the fossil fuel industry to boost oil and gas production creates several times more climate pollution than powering AI's data centers does. — tap to centre the map on it AI's use by the fossil fuel industryto boost oil and gas productioncreates several times more climatepollution than powering AI's datacenters does. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Environmental permitting now causes more environmental harm than it prevents, because what it delays is the clean thing replacing the dirty one. — tap to centre the map on it Environmental permitting now causesmore environmental harm than itprevents, because what it delays isthe clean thing replacing the dirtyone. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to servicesatellites is also a weapon, becausethe same robotic arm that refuelsone can disable one. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Mar 2024 BC Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not havethis solved by 2031, and many stillwill not by 2035, because they havethe wrong mindset. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the nuclear industry is a modelling and simulation business producing paper reactors, not a business that builds them. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the nuclear industry is amodelling and simulation businessproducing paper reactors, not abusiness that builds them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Batteries are a necessary complement to solar power because of its output variability. — tap to centre the map on it Batteries are a necessary complementto solar power because of its outputvariability. Last stated 6 months ago 3 May 2026 JP Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre An increase in wealth provides more certain protection against climate-related risks than emissions reduction. Last stated 9 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Judith Curry Read this korrent →