40 years ago "adaption vs prevention" was a live argument about climate change where both extreme points were still possible. We have now successfully prevented some of it, but not enough. We can no longer afford to not adapt. Roll out the AC already.
@IntractableLion You're misremembering: the $500 billion figure comes from a range estimated by the feds, not the guy demanding entrance to the sites of recipients of daycare funding. It is associated with his name because Bessent quoted the figure when speaking to him.
@IntractableLion Help, help! My farmer eliminated a low profit margin middleman instead of a high profit margin middleman and now my prices for premium produce are going up.
@TURBOPOSSUM Agreed. You wouldn't believe how upset my lessers get when I'm a top performer at getting elected to municipal government and increasing property taxes.
@moultano You've won an all-expenses paid vacation to the St. Croix national scenic riverway, but you can only pick the regions corresponding to Maps 4 through 10. Which one are you picking?