It’s not really that surprising. How many hundreds and thousands of acres have these people ruined in their mindless pursuit of wealth and power? It’s almost beyond count. And not ONE of them has every been held more accountable than a stern but empty warning. Their companies OCCASIONALLY take wet-noodle slap on the…

We’re sorry, you answered incorrectly. The correct answer to the question was “Yes.”

What spending? The budget projections show that not addressing climate costs a few trillion more than addressing it. Its all saving money at this point with a better return than any period in the stock market’s history

Biomass is biomass. If the sustainable level for biomass drops below that of the average human, then every human (and animal greater in total biomass) in that area will die unless they migrate elsewhere that their biomass can be sustained. That’s the general way Extinction events work.

And worst case, if those scientist were wrong and we still did something, we still reduced our carbon emission drastically, created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the renewable energy sector, and cleaned up our planet. How is that a bad thing?

Cause they’ll be dead. Why worry what will happen in 20+ years? I’ll be gone.

I’ve had similar thoughts. Doing nothing isn’t without cost, it’s a future cost. Waiting to do anything restricts the number of viable options, likely eliminating the less expensive ones.

“How are we going to pay for tackling climate change?”

people from out of state move to florida to die. why do people forget this?

thank you.

I think you are absolutely right!

How else are we supposed to know how the war with Eastasia is going?

Yes, America the ‘walled garden’ will finally come to fruition.

“Welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.”

I gotchu fam

Well, they could of course work to legislate a solution instead of remaining beholden to it, such as moving to public funding and undoing Citizens United and capping donations, etc.

Easier said than done. If Wall St pumps cash into her coffers, the DNC will back her and so will the establishment in the party. Sooooooo... they’ll fuck with other people to get her to the top of the heap or something. The Democrats are so skilled a owning themselves, I expect this will happen.

Why is anyone voting for people who engage in this kind of behavior?

Far too interesting and not in the good way.

I call this one “Portrait of The Maverick” (or, “Chokin’ on Dick”)