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285. How to Make the World a Better Place | Bjørn Lomborg & Ralph Schoellhammer

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Cost of Net Zero in the US

If Europe was actually serious about their net zero goals, which of course is going to be incredibly hard, that would cost more than a trillion dollars. It's likely that the cost of net zero by mid century would be in the order of $12,000 per person per year. And people are just not going to accept that. Remember, most people willing to spend something on climate change typically between $25 and $200. But if you ask them, so would you be okay with spending $10,000? No, that's not going to happen. You're going to have an uprising.

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