One of the ways Capitalism works:
Step 1: Destroy or poison something, because it helps make a profit.
Step 2: Sell people what they used to have before it was destroyed, and make a profit.
Step 3: Say “how great is this?”
Capitalism could love climate change, because there is now so much to repair and replace. You can sell people air pollution filters, oxygen tanks, reforestation, bottled water, water filters and desalination plants, rehabilitation of destroyed reefs and artificial fish stocks, flood walls, geo-engineering projects to lower temperature rises, and machines to remove CO2 from the air. You might invent things that remove plastics from food. You boost production of medical treatment due to anti-biotic resistant bacteria generated by farming practices and so on.
The GDP should go up like anything.
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