“Grantham was saying that a bet on a future carbon tax was a sure thing because the absence of a carbon tax meant civilizational catastrophe. If he were right, he could make billions. If he were wrong, it wouldn’t matter, because the world would be on fire.” NYT Mag: How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse.

+ “Long before we get to tidal waves or smallpox, long before we choke to death or stop thinking clearly, we will need to concentrate on the most mundane and basic facts: everyone needs to eat every day, and an awful lot of us live near the ocean.” Bill Mckibben in Rolling Stone: This Is How Human Extinction Could Play Out.