State, which just had its hottest year since 1895, will ban offshore wind power, boost natural gas and reduce gas pipeline rules

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  • _haha_oh_wow_
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    432 months ago

    FFS, are the people of Florida really dumb enough to keep this asshole in office???

  • Stern
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    252 months ago

    State literally sinking into the ocean, insurance companies fleeing because they can’t make money due to storms of the century happening yearly, but yeah can’t be climate change, that’d be silly.

  • @JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
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    132 months ago

    I’m actually for this. With their home insurance marked on the verge of collapse and thus their housing market, I kind of just want to watch it all burn at this point. I only ask that we withhold any federal aid and disaster relief when they get shit on by mother nature.

    • Gloomy
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      82 months ago

      That would be cruel to the people hit by a natural Desaster, people that might not be on board with this law at all.

      Further it would just give the right wings nuts a reason to point to how evil Democrats are.

      I instead propose to create a safety fund on the federal level that can be used to support states hit by natural Desaster. Just call it something realy obvious, like the “Climate Change Damge Mitigation Fund”. Make it a requirement that states publicly announce how much money they are asking for from said fund.

      • YeetPics
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        32 months ago

        The people voted this way. It’s only sad for a tiny minority of people living in Florida AND reality.

      • @JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
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        32 months ago

        I too feel bad for the few who see that this is a bad policy but what you’re suggesting is basically what they’re already doing and no matter what we call the fund it’s just going to be enabling poor policy makers to keep doing what they do.

  • Jaysyn
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    112 months ago

    LOL, Gov. Clownboots should sign a law that makes ocean acidification illegal before Miami collapses into the sea.

  • @Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    92 months ago

    it is just a matter of time before the entire property insurance industry in Florida collapses.

    The stupid ass Republicans can deny climate change all they want; the insurance industry believes in it and knows what’s coming

    • @skulblaka@startrek.website
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      02 months ago

      Property insurance? Florida as a whole is about to be completely underwater, potentially within a matter of decades. They’ve got bigger problems than property insurance.

      • Jaysyn
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        2 months ago

        Florida as a whole is about to be completely underwater

        FYI, north-central Florida is literally the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.