The fossil-fuel industries are major employers in our country, and are the major economic activities in a number of states. Moreover, the sale of oil and coal leases is a significant source of income for our government. Finally, the value of these companies is a big part of a lot of investment portfolios, representing a major source of our national wealth. People have offered seemingly-compelling arguments that we simply can’t afford to put this number of people out of work, forgo the income from leases, or crash our national economy to combat climate change, no matter how important that may be. Critique this argument.

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This rgument lerly ssumes tht if we d nt use fssil fuels we ... View the full answer