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Yes, but if we stop buying fossil fuels from them, how are hardworking warmongers supposed to fund their wars?
Also, said warmongers need to mine the seabed to extract materials to make more weapons to keep their wars going. (and we know mining and windfarms cannot coexist, so...)
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Hidden Benefit of Wind Farms: How Turbines Boost Marine Life
https://thebetter.news/hidden-benefit-of-wind-farms-how-turbines-boost-marine-life/
#NZPol #windfarm #endFossilFuels #FossilFools #oceans #goodNews
"Hurricane Harvey of 2017 delivered nearly 25 inches of rain over an area of 50,000 square kilometers over Texas. Most of Harvey’s $165 billion price tag (2026 USD) resulted from its extreme rains.
Remarkably, six of the top 10 highest-volume U.S. precipitation events occurred over a five-year period (2016-2020). This suggests that climate change is drastically increasing the odds of extreme rain."
Now that in Texas SNAP can’t be used to buy soda and sugary drinks, the 12 pack brand name soda prices dropped from $9 to $5. Energy drink prices also dropped. Candy prices and fruit snacks have all dropped too now that no one can use SNAP to buy candy. I don’t know if chips were included in that SNAP law, but those also dropped. Bags of Lays chips went from $6.46 to $2.50. Family size boxes of brand name cereal went from $7.49 to $4.44.
I’m looking at Walmart’s rollbacks list and 98% is stuff people can no longer buy with SNAP in Texas. Walmart was massively scamming Texas taxpayers with inflated prices paid for with Texas state money.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/116516460033843980
The funny thing about this is that every country with a coast has these regions, knows exactly the timeline at which they will become unlivable, and are still not doing anything about it.
You notice that #Carney over in #Canada isn't talking about using that sovereign wealth fund to begin relocating all the businesses and houses and infrastructure in our endangered zones.
You think the housing crisis is bad now? Wait 'til those folks have to move.
“New Orleans is in a terminal condition, and we need to be clear with the patient that it is terminal,” he said. “There is an opportunity for palliative care, we can transition people and the economy. We can get ahead of this.”
But, he added, “no politician wants to first give this terminal diagnosis. They will speak about it behind closed doors, but never in public.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis
"Over the past century in Chicago, the likelihood of heavy rainstorms has increased sevenfold. These storms can drop more than 8.5 inches of rain in 24 hours.
Designed decades ago, Chicago’s sewers can handle just 2 inches in that short period of time before flooding becomes likely.
That means every neighborhood in Chicago is at risk of flooding, and that threat rises with every big storm."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04052026/chicago-flooding-climate-change/
Example:
The Colorado River is running dry.
Farming uses the vast majority of the water.
But let's talk about home lawns, and pipelines from the east.
"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu released a new five-year climate action plan, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and completely eliminate them by 2050.
The 217-page plan contains dozens of strategies for reducing emissions and improving the city’s resilience in the face of accelerating climate change."
“After years stuck in endless debates about whether to phase out fossil fuels, finally we are focusing on the how. We are no longer fighting for recognition of the problem, but creating solutions. It’s like watching a dam break – all that pent-up experience, knowledge and passion suddenly flowing into concrete ways to phase out dirty fuels. The hope is contagious.”
"Technological innovation and tech-oriented policies are a vital part of the way forward, but the approaches suffer from a blind spot. Both overlook key social and political factors underpinning climate action. This tech-first mindset rests on three myths about how global social change happens."
https://behavioralscientist.org/climate-change-is-getting-worse-why-dont-we-see-more-action/
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