Discounting and the environment should current impacts be weighted differently than impacts harming future generations?

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Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. (2009, background): “…various such inventory tools are available for direct sanitary landfills (Nielsen and Hauschild, 1998; Doka, 2003), mechanical biological treatment (Hellweg et al., 2003a), as well as for various incineration technologies (Sundqvist et al., 1997; Kremer et al., 1998; Hellweg et al., 2001; Doka,…”
Proper accounting for time increases crop-based biofuels’ greenhouse gas deficit versus petroleum (2009, background): “typically summed without regard for when or where these emissions occur [10].”
Comparison of carbon capture and storage with renewable energy technologies regarding structural, economic, and ecological aspects in Germany (2007, methodology): “In comparison, renewable electricity causes 1–3% of the CO2 emissions and 1– 4% of the greenhouse gas emissions in relation to the different fossil-fired power plants (mainly emitted during the power plants’ manufacturing).”