CO2 Treaty Dead On Arrival

[Todd M. Bolton]

John McCarthy wrote:
> 
> Bruce Koerner includes the sweeping statement
> 
>      Remember, economic interests (such as corporations) will not
>      address ANY problem, no matter how severe, until it impacts
>      the bottom line.
> 
> Can he offer evidence, not just renewed expressions of prejudice
> that this isn't an enormous exaggeration.
> --
> John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
> http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/
> He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

Can you, without using Ben and Jerry, refute the claim?