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Mike Lew's avatar

Between the "heat dome," and continuing droughts in the southeast, I don't understand how anyone can still deny climate change.

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Ben Gruder's avatar

The pattern is the same as COVID denial. First deny it exists or is a threat. Then be fatalistic and say it's God's will. Seriously, that's what the right-wing 'religious' folk said about COVID.

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Alondra's avatar

The climate crisis has begun to affect the insurance industry. Here in CA where I live insurers are beginning to deny coverage in some areas (wildfire), and rates are going up for many who can still get it (doubled for us). Same for Florida I think (storm damage, flooding). As the CC has bigger economic impacts, denial will be more difficult to maintain. But, unless/until people are personally affected, it's denial.

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mel ladi's avatar

Even my super-red, MAGA-adjacent CA. Assemblyman tweeted about that today, the insurance. That something should be done about it. YouтАЩd heтАЩd make the connection but I doubt he will.

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MJ's avatar

All it takes is one tough winter, a day or two in the negative double digits, and certain people point to that and declaim that climate change/global warming isn't real. Such people don't understand the climate change process and confuse local weather with global warming. Or perhaps worse, they declaim that climate change has always occurred but it's not human-caused so there's nothing that can or should be done about it.

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E2's avatar

Global warming causes tough winters!

That we call our current climate change in progress "global warming" has been confusing, despite the term's accuracy. Yes, the globe is warming; the average temperature of all points on Earth, throughout the entire year, is definitely rising. This does not mean that every place is warmer at all times. What it really means is that there is *more energy* in the overall atmospheric and hydrospheric system that creates local weather patterns. More energy means the potential for more extremes in all directions, and less predictability. Hot and cold waves, drought and flood, storms of all kinds. The natural cycles of various regions (like El Ni├▒o, or the Indian Monsoon) will generally continue, but everything will seem to be supercharged.

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Peteintx's avatar

Thanks for explaining how climate change effects winter also.

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Mike Lew's avatar

Your granddaughter is why we can't give up. The best time to aggressively attack climate change was 50 years ago. The second best time is today!

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