I sent this as an email to you, Bill, before I saw the comment button! Sorry ---
Well, for climate change to really register, it has to speak forcefully & very directly to the incredibly selfish, absolutely deluded modern human - and jolt his ironclad ideological comfort zone. Selfish modern humanas can dodge the heat with air conditionin…
I sent this as an email to you, Bill, before I saw the comment button! Sorry ---
Well, for climate change to really register, it has to speak forcefully & very directly to the incredibly selfish, absolutely deluded modern human - and jolt his ironclad ideological comfort zone. Selfish modern humanas can dodge the heat with air conditioning and by avoiding nature. It's all astonishing -- but the dodge is about to collapse.
We saw it coming this past year when insurers wanted to stop insuring our (organic blueberry) farm here in British Columbia (I'm a US citizen). We salvaged an insurance plan - at $8,000 a year!!! Most of the farms here are now uninsured. Last I heard, the average farmer in Canada makes $10,000 a year.
To me, the included link to an article in The Hill yesterday holds the key to finally change some of even the most "willfully stupid" minds/hearts. This could be the inescapable (and tragic) lightning bolt to open intentionally blind eyes:
It’s mind boggling that the insurance companies continue to invest in the fossil fuel industry while discontinuing insurance coverage in markets where the effects of climate change are adversely affecting their rate of return. What are they going to do for customers when they’ve completed their destruction of the earth’s ecosystems?
I sent this as an email to you, Bill, before I saw the comment button! Sorry ---
Well, for climate change to really register, it has to speak forcefully & very directly to the incredibly selfish, absolutely deluded modern human - and jolt his ironclad ideological comfort zone. Selfish modern humanas can dodge the heat with air conditioning and by avoiding nature. It's all astonishing -- but the dodge is about to collapse.
We saw it coming this past year when insurers wanted to stop insuring our (organic blueberry) farm here in British Columbia (I'm a US citizen). We salvaged an insurance plan - at $8,000 a year!!! Most of the farms here are now uninsured. Last I heard, the average farmer in Canada makes $10,000 a year.
To me, the included link to an article in The Hill yesterday holds the key to finally change some of even the most "willfully stupid" minds/hearts. This could be the inescapable (and tragic) lightning bolt to open intentionally blind eyes:
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4180007-climate-change-raising-risks-of-financial-disaster-for-home-owners-insurers-and-bankers/?email=a5827bf851ca168c25e2889715ca089344b905c4&emaila=6ac3fe8520f465fd733c5d830f272138&emailb=16b43da859d327080c44bc26a6e47b7da095f4e7a7bebbe7bd6c01186a0d42d3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=08.30.23%20RS%20Climate%20change
Thanks for the link.
It’s mind boggling that the insurance companies continue to invest in the fossil fuel industry while discontinuing insurance coverage in markets where the effects of climate change are adversely affecting their rate of return. What are they going to do for customers when they’ve completed their destruction of the earth’s ecosystems?
indeed. insurance is the oddest of all businesses. they understand risk, but they can't act on that understanding. https://sojo.net/magazine/august-2023/sorry-climate-change-isn-t-covered-our-policy