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b_b  ·  1022 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Californians asked to cut power use as extreme heat approaches

    I also love how Ben Shapiro's like "sea level rise? just sell your house, dumbass!".

It's actually a better take than many conservative voices. Arguing this is a problem with a solution (no matter how facile) is better than arguing it's not a problem. And also, yeah, stop moving to Florida, so he's right on that point. I live in Global Warming Paradise (no natural disasters, more abundant fresh water than anywhere on Earth, save for maybe Lake Baikal, mild temperatures, ~600-800 ft above sea level), so I'm expecting a rebound of the Great Lakes region after decades of decline as one small regional benefit. One could argue that my property value nominally rising isn't that great of a benefit to humanity relative to 100,000,000 people dying of thirst, but I'm a glass half-full sort of dude.