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Fri, 2007-05-04 13:07Kevin Grandia
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$10 to save the planet

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded today [1] that it would cost .12% of the world's domestic product to substantially reduce our collective greenhouse gas emissions.

GDP of the world economy: US$60 trillion

.12% of $60 trillion: $70 billion

Total population of the earth: 6.5 billion

Cost per person to significantly reduce heat-trapping gas worldwide: $10 a year

Cost of saving the planet from droughts, famine, mass flooding, species extinction and rising sea levels: priceless.

Note: I've revised the calculations here. From $110 to $10 per person.

Here's the math: $60 trillion/.0012/6.5 billion = 10 (rounded figures)

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IPCC [2]
intergovernmental panel on climate change [3]
global warming [4]
Read more: $10 to save the planet [5]

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[1] http://www.desmogblog.com/a-minimum-cost-for-a-premium-investment
[2] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/676
[3] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/834
[4] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/913
[5] http://www.desmogblog.com/10-to-save-the-planet