But let’s just keep drilling, shall we?
David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells
31 Jul 2023
“In 1980 losses from three US natural disasters—a drought, a flood and a hurricane—topped $1 billion each (in 2023 dollars). Last year there were 18 $1 billion-plus events, including Hurricane Ian, which was responsible for $114 billion in damage.” bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…

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Disasters are not so bad compared to eventually not being able to grow food.
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Maybe, just maybe, the financial genie-out-of-the-bottle will be the insurance pullout. Sooner rather than later insurance companies will be unable to keep up, and the bottom will fall off the barrel.
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According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the inflation rate from 1980 to 2023 has been approximately 240.7%. Equivalent value in 1980 dollars = $1 billion / (1 + 240.7%) The equivalent value of $1 billion today in 1980 dollars, accounting for inflation, would be approximately $292.4 million in 1980. So, the question is how many $292.4 million disasters were there in 1980?
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KevinCEzeh
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2 Aug 2023
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Do you support nuclear energy, Marianne?
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You keep filling up the tank in the Suburban, don’t you?
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How many people are you willing to allow to starve to death to "save the planet"?
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Yep.
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Think earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im…

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

The first recorded charting of the area was done in 1794 by George Vancouver, in which he showed the bay being a small indentation in the Icy Strait with a gigantic glacier stretching off to the...

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I wonder why all the #globalwarming big wigs still own land on the coasts and fly in #privatejets. Except #JimKerry, he only rides in his wife’s jet.
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