An intelligent friend found this argument about the climate crisis plausible

[JudyM]

8. When I read it it felt like a tic/tell to me, too, but there's a fairly continuous focus in the

article on economic inequality/social injustice, too.

… immorally unequal food distribution

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The result of such unwarranted climate panic is high energy costs that only worsen the climate vulnerability of the billions of world citizens who were not as lucky at the lottery of birth as you and me.

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In fact, it can be far worse due to the socio-economic inefficiencies caused by climate panic. For example, if drastic climate action harms economic upliftment, total climate damages may actually increase with more action because poor communities (where almost all future population growth will be concentrated) are subject to far greater climate vulnerability than rich communities.