re: #1 hamptonroads

If there were 97%+ consensus that trickle-down economics was great, and that banning abortion was great, and ending the minimum wage was great, conservative hacks would be shouting that shit from the rooftops.

But because combating climate change means that rich fucks will necessarily have to make less money and/or their preferred pollutants will virtually need to go out of business…nope, that +/- 3% or so, man, we’ve got to make sure those opinions are given the same thoughtful, concerned, reasoned weight as that loud, obnoxious 97%.

These people literally do not give a single fuck about anyone but themselves and their wallets.

Sadly, it’s worse than that. Combating climate change does not mean that the rich will have to make less money. What’s bad for the climate is bad for everyone, and vice versa. There’s money to be made in wind, solar, nuclear, efficiency, and even adaptation.

There’s less money to be made in shelling out insurance compensation for hundred-year floods that seem to come every 40 years. Or more often.