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Florida and Texas are expected to take the biggest economic hit from climate change
Market Watch ^ | April 24, 2018 | By Ciara Linnane

Posted on 04/24/2018 1:26:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Florida and Texas are the two states expected to suffer the greatest economic damage from climate change, according to a new study from Science magazine.

The study used a model that aimed to calculate the future impact on each state’s gross domestic product (GDP) from events including hurricanes, storm surges, changes in agricultural yields, changing electricity demands, changes in mortality rates, changes to the labor supply, rising sea levels and rising crime rates.

The study comes amid a concerted effort by climate activists to help the U.S. meet the goals of the Paris Accord of limiting temperature change to below 2 degrees Celsius by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That goal has been put at risk by President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the treaty.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; fakescience; globalwarming; goebbelswarming; gorebullwarming; hoax; junkscience; politicalscience; propaganda; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hypothetical BS.


61 posted on 04/24/2018 5:39:41 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Right since climate change is so local and all.


62 posted on 04/24/2018 5:43:53 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I read the article, but it didn’t say over what time frame the losses would occur. Without a specific time frame, their study cannot empirically tested. I wonder if they intended it that way.


63 posted on 04/24/2018 5:53:45 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is pure speculation bordering on daydreaming.


64 posted on 04/24/2018 7:04:49 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More horsesh!t!!!!


65 posted on 04/24/2018 7:05:20 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Wonder Warthog

I’m a little leery of big things like that that can’t be undone, especially if the government is involved.


66 posted on 04/24/2018 7:40:02 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: TexasTransplant

Wind from the East, Fish bite least.

Wind from the South, blows the hook out of their mouth.

Wind from the West, Fish bite best. :)

Wind from the North, few Sailors set forth.


67 posted on 04/24/2018 7:49:20 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: TLI

I agree regarding this being one of the coolest Springs in the DFW area. I’m a night owl in Grapevine and haven’t used a/c this season. I have used a couple of small electric heaters late at night and early a.m., though. Being in my mid-70s, I now understand why my grandparents kept their houses too warm for me.


68 posted on 04/24/2018 10:49:52 PM PDT by octex
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dear Texas Freepers,

Please deciminate this doomsday report, as widely as you can, to every known Looney Liberal in Texas.

If we get very lucky, maybe they will pack up and move to a safer state.

69 posted on 04/25/2018 12:00:55 AM PDT by TXSearcher (Interesting times we live in...........)
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To: Eagles6
"I’m a little leery of big things like that that can’t be undone, especially if the government is involved."

Oh, I'm sure there will be plenty of hard evidence needed before any such action was taken, but I am also sure that the damage of a real Ice Age would be more than sufficient to justify the attempt.

70 posted on 04/25/2018 4:53:23 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Yeah. Hopefully we’ll be long gone before it becomes an issue.


71 posted on 04/25/2018 2:01:18 PM PDT by Eagles6
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