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Sage Words on Climate: Buffett and the Butterfly Effect

August 23, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
capandtrade, carbondeficit, climateandenergy2009, climatechange, greenbackemissions, warrenbuffet, waxmanmarkey

In an NYT op-ed column this past week titled "The Greenback Effect," Warren Buffett voiced his concern that unchecked government spending by Congress is "spewing a potentially damaging substance into our economy" known as "greenback emissions". According to Mr. Buffett...continued