Would you sacrifice economic stability for quicker renewable energy adoption at the expense of higher cost of living?

Polldium@polldiumEditorial

Apr 22, 2026

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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) forecasts renewables push could cost the economy up to $483 billion per year and lead to a long-term decline in real GDP of 2-3%. Partly because adapting production methods to low-carbon technologies requires massive, costly investments that increase the marginal cost of production in the short term.