Just try for yourself in your every day life. Next time a friend, family member, co-worker goes off on the imminent danger and doom that global warming is going to cause, give them significant odds on Manhattan or another local they speak of being under water in 5 or 10 years. But make them put up a sizeable amount of money. No friendly $1 wagers. Tell them you will give them 50,000 to 1 odds with a minimum wager of $1,000.
I wager they will not take the bet.
Whats wrong? Don't have the courage of your convictions?
Tell them you will give them 50,000 to 1 odds with a minimum wager of $1,000. I wager they will not take the bet.
Although I don't believe Manhattan will be engulfed, I'll take that bet with you. I'll cover my bet by wiring $1000 to an account at Chase and you wire your $50,000,000 to the same account, to cover your portion of the bet.
As long as the people living along the coasts aren’t fleeing inland or to otherwise higher ground, I am simply not taking any of this seriously.
One of the black and white supermarket tabloids had a cover today that I saw while in the checkout line:
“NYC totally submerged by Juy 4, this summer!”
Yeah, right.