Posted on 09/15/2019 9:03:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Forbes magazine has attributed a whole new list of negative effects to “climate change,” including lost productivity, violent crime, and “cognitive decline.”
Climate change has become the bogeyman responsible for all the world’s ills, from racism to mass migration, but in its new article, Forbes has arguably taken climate hysteria to a whole new level.
Citing economist Marshall Burke, Forbes writer Jeff McMahon says that climate change “has already cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion,” but this is only the tip of the iceberg, since “that cost will rise to $5 trillion by 2050.”
Mr. McMahon goes on to list eight “unexpected” effects of climate change, the first of which is “lost productivity” since “economic output falls in hot years as compared to cooler years.”
Closely related to lost productivity is “cognitive decline,” which means that “people perform office tasks less effectively, and kids learn less and score worse on standardized tests” when it is hot out.
“Hot temperatures literally make us dumber,” McMahon says, again citing Mr. Burke.
Third on the list of surprising side effects of climate change is “violent crime,” due to the fact that “crime spikes during heat waves.”
Statistics show that “violent assault, sexual violence, and homicide all increase on days or months where temperatures are above normal,” McMahon asserts.
Not only violent crime toward others, but also “suicide” can be blamed on climate change, McMahon continues, going so far as to prophecy that “future warming could lead to tens of thousands of additional suicides in the US by mid-century.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Biden’s excuse.
I believe Forbes, is no longer Forbes.
Just saying. I believe their ownership is now Chinese.
Climate change could unexpectedly CAUSE YOUR KEYBOARD TO GO TO PERMANENT CAPS LOCK.
I'll be damned! The same thing HAPPENED TO ME AS WELL.
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