Robert Reich

Since 1980, there have been 395 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion.

These disasters have cost $2.77 trillion in total and killed 16,500 people.

Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.

The truth is we can’t afford not to.

Sep 30, 2024 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadlupus_blackfurSep 30, 2024

@rbreich

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Show threadMad Dog Ace RunSep 30, 2024
@rbreich
This is very true. Ignoring climate change is having devestating consequences, just like the scientists warned. But hey, according to some stupid orange man it's all just a hoax...
Show threadGlennSep 30, 2024
@rbreich Well yeah, but the disaster costs tend to get spread out over the entire population, while addressing climate change will hurt a relatively small number of very rich people.
Show threadg_teleySep 30, 2024
@glennsills @rbreich
Bingo!
Show threadLinux and praxis: part of the resistance 🇵🇸 ☮️Sep 30, 2024
@rbreich If you desisted from funding Israel's environmental (and human) damage, you would have even more resources.
Show threadDevil Sep 30, 2024
@rbreich "But think about shareholders!"
Show threadElsie!Sep 30, 2024
@rbreich It really can be a headache! Sometimes it feels like overkill for simple projects. Have you discovered any features that make it worthwhile, or is it mostly just frustrating?
Show threadMaxilo OveritSep 30, 2024
@rbreich We should divert 90 percent of our military budget, and corporate subsidies budget, to combating climate change, pollution and extinction. Take no prisoners.
Show threadfelis_catus_domesticusSep 30, 2024
@aka_quant_noir @rbreich consume less
Show threadMaxilo OveritSep 30, 2024
@felis_catus_domesticus @rbreich that too.
Show threadMx VerdaOct 7, 2024

@felis_catus_domesticus @aka_quant_noir @rbreich

TFW there are multiple ways to climb the mountain / help other people climb the mountain.

Show threadfelis_catus_domesticusSep 30, 2024
@rbreich not rebuilding in known flood plains would be a start
Show threadColin from Edinburgh.Sep 30, 2024
@rbreich
When people build houses in areas that are prone to weather-based disasters, such as Florida and California, and when they build those houses shoddily, the outcomes are perfectly predictable.
These events have become as much of a regular occurrence in the US as mass shootings.
Show threadArandmoorSep 30, 2024

@rbreich The problem isn't cost. It never was.

The problem is that the right is afraid that if we address climate, we might end up helping someone. ...and they just cannot stand that.

Show threadLyricismistSep 30, 2024
@rbreich Imagine if the cost of insuring the carbon releasing fossil fuel industries became a burden too massive to tolerate so all insurance cover was refused.
Show threadPeteSep 30, 2024

@rbreich But... but... but... personal responsibility and smaller government and... and...

NOW GIVE ME MY FEMA MONEY CAUSE I NEED A NEW TRAILER!

Show threadNicole ParsonsSep 30, 2024

@rbreich

Republican fossil fuel donors have spent over a decade conducting an over-consolidation of the property insurance industry to monetize the climate catastrophe they made.

Through mergers & acquisitions they've created a near monopoly of captive insurers.

Profits before people. The people of California, North Carolina & Florida are already finding it hard to afford property insurance.

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/california-wildfires-home-insurance-coverage-fossil-fuel-industry

https://truthout.org/articles/as-florida-floods-insurance-industry-reaps-what-it-sowed-backing-fossil-fuels/

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/the-two-big-insurers-still-betting-on-fossil-fuels-fa31bb15

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/heres-why-you-cant-get-home-insurance-california

Insurance Companies Are Abandoning Homeowners Facing Climate Disasters

Insurance companies are leaving homeowners at the mercy of climate catastrophes they helped create.

Show threadCassandraVertOct 2, 2024
@Npars01 @rbreich
My house premiums have gone up hundreds of dollars a month in the last few years, and we've had no claims.
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 2, 2024

@CassandraVert @rbreich

That's what monopolies do, price gouge.

Show threadLett Osprey   🍉 Sep 30, 2024
@rbreich
So .. sucks that neither alternative really want to fix it then ..