Wednesday, May 05, 2010

The utilitarian case for offshore drilling.
Hahn and Passell note that even at the highest social cost of carbon at $321 per ton suggested by British economist Nicholas Stern, the [net] total benefits of producing offshore oil are still positive.
And by "positive," they mean hundreds of billions of dollars. Read the whole thing for a more detailed breakdown of costs and benefits.

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