Re:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could G...
by ctlby on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @01:29PM
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Half of your “red” coastline consists of Florida—the vast majority of the coastal population of which is blue (see any 2016 electoral map).
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Re:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could G...
by erentz on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @01:59PM
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Your point about red vs blue isn’t at issue here. These are all still the coastal states that are the most vociferously denying climate change. You’ll find it pretty hard to argue that any of them are more in favor of climate change action that the other coastal states regardless of whether they show up blue or red on an election map.
Re:Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could G...
by ctlby on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:48PM
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Of course. But we didn't really start off by arguing about state-level beliefs. You claimed the people most affected by sea level rise least believe in it--presumably as a dig at republicans (haha they're so blinkered by ideology they can't even see their own self interest!) And I claim that, no, republicans mostly do not live on the coasts, are not the most affected, and thus there is no tension between their ideology and their self-interest.