Florida
I know... a mosquito-filled paradise that might be underwater in a few centuries.
What do we lose if we lose all that swamp land? More importantly, if we lose that swampland, where will the alligators go?
Florida is #4 out of 50 states in revenue, our revenue is compatible with Mexico. That's a lot of money! We also supply most of the phosphates the nation needs for farming. Lose Florida, lose that too.
It's a place a lot of businesses and people are relocating to... that's about 2,000 people per day! 9,200 miles of hiking, bicycling, equestrian and shared-use
trails and over 4,000 miles of paddling trails. 175
state parks, 38
state forests, 12
national parks, preserves, seashores or monuments, three
national forests, and one
national scenic trail and did I mention low sales taxes and no income taxes? For some reason the state never fills up... oh yeah, right.
Sure, there are challenges...but we also have more golf courses than any other state (ask Trump!)
Florida Driving tests no longer require Parallel Parking, well yeah... even paradise has some problems...
Yep, but the rate of change currently is unprecedented.
It's us,
carbon isotopes prove it's humans burning fuels as opposed to the volcanoes or other sources.
Humans don't have to change lifestyles or suffer to fix this. We just need to change how we do some things. And we are. Which is good, as not doing anything is getting expensive. For those things we can't change (or like meat don't want to change) we can do carbon offsets, I did a post months ago looking at what the additional cost for beef would be... turned out to be something like a dime per pound at current rates (and it should go down). The problem is, the longer we delay the more expensive it becomes and the more of an economic burden it becomes.
Same old same old. Except the ones making money and controlling you today don't want to lose the money or power, so they resist change.
Amen brother!
We know it isn't the sun. You can read more about it
here.