Benefits of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Exceed Costs for at Least the Next 30 Years

Benefits of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Exceed Costs for at Least the Next 30 Years
Green ballons bearing the inscription "CO2" are fluttering in a hall during the opening day of the Gruene Woche (Green Week) international agriculture fair in Berlin on Jan. 17, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
Peter J. Ferrara
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Commentary

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Economics and Policy Studies reports the social benefits of carbon dioxide emissions are likely to exceed costs for at least the next 30 years. The finding demonstrates the ridiculousness of alarmists claiming a climate crisis gives us only 10 years—or whatever small amount of time is in vogue on this particular day—to save the planet.

Peter J. Ferrara
Peter J. Ferrara
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Peter Ferrara, J.D., is a senior fellow for the FAIR Energy Foundation, the National Tax Limitation Foundation, and The Heartland Institute. He served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President Reagan and as associate deputy attorney general under Attorney General Bill Barr and President George H.W. Bush, and as the Dunn Liberty Fellow in Economics for The King’s College in New York.
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