Whatever else may be wrong with economics, its starting point is correct: people do indeed respond to incentives. Suppose renewables provided the dominant technologies for energy supply; suppose, in short, that it was more profitable to use solar, wind or other renewable sources of energy than fossil fuels. Market forces would then drive the transformation of economies in a climate-protecting direction on their own.
不管經濟學在其他方面有什麼錯誤,它的出發點是正確的:人們確實會對激勵做出反應。假設可再生能源能成爲能源供應的主導技術;簡而言之,假設使用太陽能、風能或其他可再生能源比使用化石燃料更有利可圖。那麼,市場力量將自行推動經濟向氣候保護的方向轉變。
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