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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: Lane3 who wrote (22230)6/21/2017 10:20:57 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 355847
 
"Money spent on fighting global warming is money not available to be spent on something else."

Money spent fighting the effects of global warming is also money which can't be spent elsewhere.

This Chart Shows Why Insurers Are Climate-Change Believers


California's drought is over, but we're still toting up the costs
Californians’ electricity costs jumped by a combined $2.45 billion from 2012 to 2016 because of severe shortages of cheap hydroelectricity, according to an estimate released Wednesday by the Pacific Institute, an Oakland water policy think tank.

The impact on bills wasn’t enormous in the scheme of things: Last year alone Californians spent almost $39 billion on electricity, according to federal data.

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Drought costs California agriculture $1.84B and 10,100 jobs in 2015
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
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