• yuri@pawb.social
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    4 hours ago

    jesus christ i thought this was real until i noticed fucking louisiana is completely unaffected lmao

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    3 hours ago

    Fake bullshit.

    Climate change is real and serious, fake nonsense like this just serves to undermine real information about the ongoing disaster that is climate change.

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    11 hours ago

    Meanwhile in Scotland. Even with a worst case scenario we loose our coastal cities but not much else and the country looks nearly indistinguishable from orbit. Unfortunatley more or less all our cities are costal.

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      So yes, I realize this a joke map (honestly, a giant, probably mostly freshwater sea, in the US would be a blessing). But what you’re describing is the main issue with climate change.

      It’s not going to be “the day after tomorrow”. It will be coastal cities… which are… like nearly ALL of them… losing all their economic value. In the US when having this conversation I say “what do you do when any building in Manhattan is uninsurable? What do you do when it’s sure to have severe damage?”.

      For most people there are plenty of places to go, but the “going” is going to be very, very ugly.

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        4 hours ago

        On the bright side a lot of the most valuble beach front tower blocks are just huge empty investment vehicles so the rich are going to take one for the team on this one.

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          The rich never pay for anything. I guarantee-fucking-tee they will get a socialized payout.

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          Not as great as it seems. The thing is, everyone’s retirement is tied to real-estate. The numbers my vary country by country, but nearly all pension funds and mutual funds have significant exposure to real-estate that is just ignoring the issue that those properties may become uninsurable. That’s before what happens due to the economic disruption of all those cities slowly, then at an increased velocity, relocating.

          It’s not going to be pretty.