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Any kind of net share is going to be phenomenally expensive. $11,300 in cost per person per year

in the US by 2050. This is just simply not sustainable. What we have to realize is climate

is a problem, but climate policies also have real and substantial costs. If we go to net

zero, sure, we're reducing the impacts from climate change, but we're dramatically ramping

up the damages from climate policy. We have to find a way that's, if you will, in between.

Hello and welcome to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill. This is a podcast in which

an esteemed guest joins me to talk about the big ideas, the bad ideas, the problems and the

controversies of life in the early 21st century. In this episode, I am delighted to be joined by

returning guest Björn Lomborg. Björn is one of the most sensible and soothing voices in the climate

change debate. He is a Danish author, commentator and skeptical environmentalist. Björn has written

extensively on why climate change is a problem, but not the end of the world. He is the author of numerous

books, including the skeptical environmentalist, measuring the real state of the world. Cool it,

the skeptical environmentalist's guide to global warming and published last year,

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