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I think the main point is that there wouldn't be any new development in ocean-side cities if people believed the sensationalism, not that everyone would take up farming.

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Good thing he has you to shrink a bad faith argument to a radically smaller set of claims!

'frockington actually read what I wrote. You imagined something silly like "the world is not warming", which I didn't write. I'm pointing out a real issue here. I'm sure you believe that actions taken by humans will cause earth to warm in disastrous ways. Lots of other people claim to believe that, but as long as their investments say otherwise, we won't really be getting ready for the calamity.

Then there are those who want the government to bail out all the flooded condos in Miami, as if that would reduce this problem...

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