• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    I live in Florida and this guy is a fucking plague on the state. But that’s what happens when your state is a punching bag and piggy bank for grifter politicians. Businesses and politicians here work from an ethics book that is all blank pages.

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      But that’s what happens when your state is a punching bag and piggy bank for grifter politicians.

      It’s actually just what happens when people vote for Republicans. They believe climate change is a hoax and they use it to rile up their base.

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      It’s a state where just under half the population has a willingness to do the right thing, but is gerrymandered and suppressed out of power. I don’t like abandoning allies just because they’re a local minority.

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    I can actually understand that he denied to accept the funding. It’s hard to claim that climate change is a hoax on one side, and on the other side take money to fix the problems caused by this “non-existent” issue.

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      That hasn’t stopped republicans before, like denying covid exists, but I’ll take that covid money.

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    Let’s offer the funding directly to individuals. We’ll call the program something fun like “Biden Bucks” or “Brandon Aid”. The conservatives can choose to suffer while normal people will still be able to get the aid they need.

    Conservatives would gladly shoot their own toes off if the disturbance would upset the normal people.

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    The political climate is rough down here. Neither side looks appealing, I feel like the blues haven’t put a competitive pick up for a long time.

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      It can help limit how hot the water gets, and therefore how quickly future storms intensify.

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        Oh, i got that. Wasnt saying that we shouldnt be working towards fixing the issue, was more a comment on the wording of the article like it would have prevent this particular storm lol. Was sarcasm mostly.

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          It’s really hard to be sarcastic in a way that doesn’t come across as denial. I tend to avoid it for that reason.

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        I’m curious, what could Florida do to reduce ocean temperatures with this money?

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          I just saw a video that showed it’s possible the pollution that cargo ships were emitting were actually seeding enough clouds to somewhat limit the sunlight that hit and warmed the ocean. This effect stopped recently when they were ordered to stop emitting so much of that pollution.

          If it’s true they were actually helping accidentally, we could spray ocean water and the salt could actually seed clouds in the same way.

          If it works, it would be like a bandaid on climate change to keep the ocean temps a few degrees cooler for awhile.

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            That’s an interesting idea, but not something I would expect Florida to have much say in.

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          They can limit their own greenhouse gas emissions, by doing things like subsidizing the conversion of homes which currently use fossil fuels for heating, hot water heating, and cooking to not do so, as well as subsidize solar panels on home roofs.

          This won’t lower temperatures from where they are now, but it does reduce the future increase.

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            Also, it let’s people know the issue is serious. If places like Florida that are suffering the effects of climate change already don’t take it seriously, when it’s to their benefit now, why should other places do anything when it doesn’t affect them yet.

            Of course they should, and it will.

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            In all honesty, it sounds nice and I am not against the idea, but I really have a hard time seeing it having any measurable effect.

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              Each tiny drop on its own raises the water level an imperceptible amout. Together they fill a lake

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            If they would extract heat from the air or even the water, it would actually help. Not by leaps and bounds but it would at least be carbon negative.

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          Greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere are what is causing warming:

          Spend money on avoiding the need to burn stuff to generate electricity, heat homes, heat water, or cook, and you can prevent them from being added to the atmosphere, preventing some of the increase in temperature.