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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/TwoRight9509 on 2025-05-03 11:22:06+00:00.

Submission statement:

The Social Cost of the carbon emissions in the US will be $87 trillion through 2050.

We, the people, will pay for that. Why? Because the profits will be private but the costs will be social - paid by you and I.

What are the Social Costs of Carbon?

Human health, social and community stability, farming, agriculture and food output, political stability, threats to property, infrastructure performance, etc.

87 Trillion - and this is only the United States.

Where does all this damage come from? The US fossil fuels / energy sector “generates more than 20 times its market cap in social costs.”

We could tax these emitters, but instead we subsidize them through direct monetary support and by not taxing them for the costs you and I will pay.

Perhaps that’s backwards.