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The 2018 UN Climate Report

Elephant in the room:

We’re already paying the price for climate change. The Syrian civil war can be largely attributed to climate change. It led to millions of angry people who couldn’t make a decent living. Which led to Assad cracking down. Which ended up killing and displacing millions. Which has led to refugees and the rise of right wing populism through Europe and America.

People are still fighting in court to try and compel insurance companies to pay for the rebuilding after Harvey.

The one of the primary challenges of combating climate change is that it’s happening so subtly that people aren’t seeing that we’re already paying for it.

So you can pay extra now through lifestyle changes and higher taxes... or pay for it gradually over the next century with social and economic collapse, higher health care costs, and higher insurance premiums.
 
The Thriller said:
Elephant in the room:

We’re already paying the price for climate change. The Syrian civil war can be largely attributed to climate change. It led to millions of angry people who couldn’t make a decent living. Which led to Assad cracking down. Which ended up killing and displacing millions. Which has led to refugees and the rise of right wing populism through Europe and America.

People are still fighting in court to try and compel insurance companies to pay for the rebuilding after Harvey.

The one of the primary challenges of combating climate change is that it’s happening so subtly that people aren’t seeing that we’re already paying for it.

So you can pay extra now through lifestyle changes and higher taxes... or pay for it gradually over the next century with social and economic collapse, higher health care costs, and higher insurance premiums.
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I take "comfort" in knowing I will be in my grave long before 2040, or probably 2030 for that matter. Heck of a thing to take comfort in, lol, but whatever. But, even at that, it does not mean I will escape the effects of global warming, anymore then the Florida panhandle population has escaped its effects. Its consequences. Warmer waters=stronger hurricanes. And I live on a coast where the waters are getting warmer, species of fish more common in waters south of us have become common here. And, maybe more to the point, where I live in southern New England, is way "overdue" for a major hurricane. Every hurricane season, I hope I don't see "the big one" heading my way, and so far I have not. But, hey, at least we have a president who says "I have a natural instinct for science". Anybody taking comfort in that? You bet, lol.
 
Heathme said:
Great interview about the truth of global warming/climate change:

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I don't think so....

https://skepticalscience.com/patrick-michaels-history-getting-climate-wrong.html

"A review of claims made by the Cato Institute's Patrick Michaels over the last quarter century shows that he has repeatedly been proven wrong over time. Michaels is one of a few contrarian climate scientists who is often featured in the media without disclosure of his funding from the fossil fuel industry."

https://exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=4

https://www.desmogblog.com/patrick-michaels

https://climateinvestigations.org/patrick-michaels-climate-denial/

https://climatefeedback.org/evaluat...the-climate-snow-job-the-wall-street-journal/
 
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Red said:
I don't think so....

https://skepticalscience.com/patrick-michaels-history-getting-climate-wrong.html

"A review of claims made by the Cato Institute's Patrick Michaels over the last quarter century shows that he has repeatedly been proven wrong over time. Michaels is one of a few contrarian climate scientists who is often featured in the media without disclosure of his funding from the fossil fuel industry."

https://exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=4

https://www.desmogblog.com/patrick-michaels

https://climateinvestigations.org/patrick-michaels-climate-denial/

https://climatefeedback.org/evaluat...the-climate-snow-job-the-wall-street-journal/
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Lol. Predictable as usual.
 
So why publish a major climate assessment on Black Friday? To minimize its news value, most likely.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/national-climate-assessment-black-friday/576589/

On Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, the federal government published a massive and dire new report on climate change. The report warns, repeatedly and directly, that climate change could soon imperil the American way of life, transforming every region of the country, imposing frustrating costs on the economy, and harming the health of virtually every citizen.

Most significantly, the National Climate Assessment—which is endorsed by nasa, noaa, the Department of Defense, and 10 other federal scientific agencies—contradicts nearly every position taken on the issue by President Donald Trump. Where the president has insisted that fighting global warming will harm the economy, the report responds: Climate change, if left unchecked, could eventually cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and kill thousands of Americans to boot. Where the president has said that the climate will “probably” “change back,” the report replies: Many consequences of climate change will last for millennia, and some (such as the extinction of plant and animal species) will be permanent.

The report is a huge achievement for American science. It represents cumulative decades of work from more than 300 authors. Since 2015, scientists from across the U.S. government, state universities, and businesses have read thousands of studies, summarizing and collating them into this document. By law, a National Climate Assessment like this must be published every four years.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/its-happening-its-now-says-u-s-government-report-on-climate-change
 
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