How can global warming effect businesses profits?

Question

How can global warming effect businesses profits?

Answer 1

if you sell Ice, then global warming could really help your profit margin

Answer 2

If you make ice, it will cost more to make it by pumping the heat out of the water so it will freeze.

More people will be using more energy so it will be a more sought after product.   Demand up = cost up.

Answer 3

Ice the hotter the more ice u want same with ice cream =]

Answer 4

What businesses?  Global warming alarmists want to shut down all production and soon they will be moving into population control, such as rationing the number of children that you can have in order to control global warming.  Now, if global warming persists according to alarmists, that's merely because "we didn't do enough" to shut down business.  

They will not be happy until all plants have died due to lack of CO2 and we are all nothing but desert.

Answer 5

It depends, if you sell green prosucts or consultations on how to go green It will be positive! but if you need snow 4 something then negitively I assume

Answer 6

Environmental changes affecting crops, livestock, or anything else that may have a numbers change because of the environment (water droughts, reproduction of species, harsh storms affecting oil pipelines and or shipments)  So many ways to affect money, it's limitless to the examples.

Should the supply of one thing go down whether it's a animal for food, coats, vaccines, etc. The demand will increase.  Depending on the resource the prices may go up, but based on the balance the prices can drop.

Even bad weather can cause people to stop spending money at certain businesses.  Amusement parks, vacation spots.  A mild winter in Georgia may cause a few thousand people not to invest in heavier winter coats, rather survive the winter with the lighter coat they had previously.

Answer 7

Global warming, or global warming policies?  The natural climate change of this planet will have very little effect on business as it is a gradual change over decades and centuries.  Most businesses don't survive past a few decades (after the founders retire/pass away).  Those that do survive and thrive over time do so because they adapt to an ever-changing market.  The weather rarely plays a factor in the long-term profitability of a company.

Global warming policies will stunt business grow and profit directly through taxation, fines, and mandates, and indirectly by removing the incentive to start new businesses or expand existing ones.  Raw materials will become more difficult to acquire as governments become more and more involved in the production and distribution process.  Simply study production problems of the former Soviet Union to see the end result.

Answer 8

If the sea level rises only five feet due to global warming it will inundate 90% of Florida for a start. That should put a damper on the profits from the Orlando area for a start. The rest I leave to your imagination.

Answer 9

In the long run it's gonna ruin all the business and over all our world. Do you want to make profit by killing or making other's life miserable? Similarly making profit  from global warming is like that.

Answer 10

Harland and Wolff shipyards were on the verge of closing (in fact had to be bailed out once by u.k. gov.) before they turned to manufacturing tidal stream turbines!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20...

hooray! renewable energy will revitalise the remnants of british heavy industry!

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ha! sour grapes! two thumbs down for celebrating the rising  fortunes of british industry! oooh who is jealous? do keep up america!