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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:03PM (#48201765)
If you are a rich Westerner, you'll probably be fine. It's the poor that take the brunt when these sorts of emergencies happen.
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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by caminante on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:58PM (#48202168)
>rich Westerner

Not quite.

These affluent countries torture themselves with terrible energy transition projects that jack up prices for everyone at the cost of more efficient alternatives.

Healthcare, nutrition, education and other programs do vastly more for quality of life improvements for the poor.

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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:48AM (#48207755)
We aren't doing those either.
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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by caminante on Saturday May 23, 2026 @11:22AM (#48248453)
Yeah...I know you want to gripe, but you'll have to be more convincing.
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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by ResPublica on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:07PM (#48201802)
Exactly
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Re:El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temp. looked like ... by adampunk on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:37PM (#48202004)
No one is going to be fine.
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