# The massive hidden costs of the fossil fuel system

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The prevailing opinion among today’s political and economic elites is that economic globalisation is in some sense inevitable, perhaps even the summit of human achievement. The oft-repeated mantra is that ‘there is no alternative’ and we should adapt to it as best we can.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/the-massive-hidden-costs-of-the-fossil-fuel-system/](https://ageoftransformation.org/the-massive-hidden-costs-of-the-fossil-fuel-system/)