The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

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    Florida has been saying this for decades. Some of the nation and world’s best climate research facilities are in the state. Think NASA, National oceanic and atmospheric administration NOAA, University of Miami’s ocean and climate research is world class etc. The state is almost all at sea level with 800 miles of coastline and an economy that depends on beach tourism so they have a huge incentive to mitigate climate change. “Smart Money” is pulling out of the state already, with major insurance being firms priced out of the market.

    You need to remember Florida is a deeply divided state, something like 51/49 crazy/sane ratio, with the loonies narrowly holding the sane people hostage by a handful of votes. There’s 22 million people in the state and most of the ones in civilized areas are indeed sane. It’s the hillbilies out in the sticks that deny climate change. In 2018 for example they voted OUT Bill Nelson, a democratic senator with a history of supporting climate and science, and voted IN Rick Scott, the former FL governor who refused to allow his administration to even use the term “Climate Change.” (Bill Nelson later went on to be the head of NASA which is good but shows you the type of person he is, who FL voted out.)

    This all goes to show why you need to listen to this FL meteorologist extra careful, because Florida believe it or not has some extremely bright educated resourceful people that are extremely motivated to fight climate change…but are unfortunately held hostage and muted by the lunatics.

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        Trump won Florida 51/47 in 2022, desantis won 49.6 to 49.2 (!) in 2018 (although he won reelection 60/40 in 2022) and Rick Scott won Bill Nelson’s senate seat in 2018 narrowly by 50.06 to 49.93 (!!!). A difference of 10,000 votes in a state of 22 million. Not saying gerrymandering isn’t happening but those are first past the post elections to my knowledge so districting doesn’t matter. Florida is extremely close and it’s distressing how badly the Democratic Party has dropped the ball in the state and let it slip away so badly, although it is in brand with their inept record so…