“the world”
Hey where’s Alaska
And really they mean the coasts.
The world? Nah. Just the US.
He’s going to have a shock when someone shows him a globe .
US Defaultism
Okay so if the taxpayers don’t want the risk and the bill, we should put transfer this risk to those most responsible: fossil fuel companies, and oligarchs.
They must pay for flood, fire, hurricane and drought damages which they have wrought through their excess carbon emissions. They must rebuild homes in suitable locations for the conditions they have caused.
Maybe if people would stop living in places where natural disasters regularly happen without significantly adjusting their goddamn building strategies to create structures that not only survive, but also remain safe living spaces during these events for fucks sake.
On one hand, sometimes I feel like most insurance should be the government’s job.
On the other hand, if climate change is making some areas really hard to live in, maybe we should consider closing down or moving whole cities instead of trying so hard to stay.
It would be a very expensive political decision, but a necessary one. The government could exchange the lands that keep getting destroyed or are at high risk for lower risk areas and subsidise greener infrastructure in them. While the riskier places could be cleared and rewilded where possible.
But the expense of doing so may not be affordable for governments that already have high deficits.
I’m surprised to see several midwestern and northeastern states considered to be somewhat of a climate haven show up repeatedly, and it makes me wonder what other non-climate effects (e.g. financial, legislative) may be at play as well.
most likely flooding or tornadoes.
World is becoming unprofitable I guess might as well milk it for all we can get before we move to the next… oh wait…
