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bidhopper

224 points

6 days ago

bidhopper

224 points

6 days ago

Miami will soon be treading water. I wonder what excuse the asshat will have then.

SgtCreaseGrease

153 points

6 days ago

They will say Jesus is coming to punish the evil of liberals. Lmfao. I have conservative family members, I hear this shit all the time.

Lost_In_Detroit

34 points

6 days ago

Was just about to say this. A wildfire could quite literally be burning their house down and these Fox News types would STILL be blaming the libs for it somehow.

zayoyayo

20 points

6 days ago

zayoyayo

20 points

6 days ago

That happened in Oregon a few years ago… massive wildfires, for the usual wildfire reasons + climate change, and some people in rural Oregon were convinced it was because BLM and Antifa had been coming there to set fires. They even set up illegal roadblocks to stop and interrogate people.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/oregon-fires-armed-civilian-roadblocks-police

Lost_In_Detroit

9 points

6 days ago

I’m convinced these people are also scared of their own shadow.

Big-Shtick

9 points

6 days ago

A wildfire could quite literally be burning their house down

Thank you, George Soros 🙏

wordholes

4 points

6 days ago

wildfire could quite literally be burning their house down

The gays started those wildfires with their intense rubbings!

VdomanFla

38 points

6 days ago

VdomanFla

38 points

6 days ago

He’ll have moved on by then.

Business-Tension5980

18 points

6 days ago

Sadly true. Many of these politicians don’t give a shit about what they’re ruining since they know it won’t affect them, but the next generations.

hairlessgoatanus

6 points

6 days ago

Yup. DeSantis is done in FL in 2024 no matter what else happens. He is literally out of fucks to give.

Blizzardsaurus

10 points

6 days ago

“Miami has always been under a foot of water.”

nutfeast69

13 points

6 days ago

pick one:
- it's changing but not man made we don't have that power
- we don't have enough data haven't studied the world long enough to know max/min

elfmeh

13 points

6 days ago

elfmeh

13 points

6 days ago

And finally acceptance:

There's nothing we could've done to prevent this. And even if there was, it wouldn't have been worth the cost.

kinokonoko

850 points

6 days ago

kinokonoko

850 points

6 days ago

Tell me you are accepting Big Oil campaign donations without saying you're...

Persianx6

326 points

6 days ago

Persianx6

326 points

6 days ago

Listen, he's anti-woke. That means if Florida's burning down from a wildfire or experiencing stronger and stronger hurricanes, a libtard/scientist/someone who can read won't be the one to tell him why.

Soon he'll pass a "Don't Say Global Warming" bill and it'll be fine.

[deleted]

81 points

6 days ago*

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Xyrus2000

46 points

6 days ago

Xyrus2000

46 points

6 days ago

XD

That's the sugar-coated version. We needed to stop building coal plants about 20 years ago if we wanted to avoid 2C.

We'll exceed 1.5C by the end of this decade, with some predicting we may even hit that this year. We'll likely cross 2C by 2050 and hit 3C by the end of the century at the rate we're going.

And that's assuming there aren't anymore positive feedback triggers we stumble across.

kaos95

41 points

6 days ago

kaos95

41 points

6 days ago

Yeah, anyone who understands even the edges of the science knows we're fucked.

I can get my cousin who is a recent PhD grad in some ecosystem science something, crying pretty hard when I start talking to her about some of the findings some of my buddies, from my masters program that continued on to the doctoral level, are getting from some of the deep Pacific current temps. I try to only talk to her about happy stuff.

So here's the thing, we fucking knew this stuff when I was working on my masters 20 years ago, it is still blowing my mind that people are still sticking their heads in the same at this point. Like, it's real, and it's happening right now.

I in the other hand am eagerly watching the Ross ice shelf and Greenland coverage maps cackling to myself.

[deleted]

23 points

6 days ago

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23 points

6 days ago

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Aedan2016

21 points

6 days ago

Aedan2016

21 points

6 days ago

Exxon researchers were predicting the rate of warming back in the 70's/80's. They were strikingly accurate.

We know because that information was released not too long ago

KritDE

15 points

6 days ago

KritDE

15 points

6 days ago

We really should be handing out life sentences and capital punishment

AlkaloidAndroid

8 points

6 days ago

One can dream of them working a prison job doing ocean and litter clean up for .15 an hour

ItIsYourPersonality

14 points

6 days ago*

It’s not that people in charge don’t know. It’s that their head immediately goes to “how do I profit from this?”

It’s the most selfish act in human history to see the only planet we have proven we can live on be on course to become inhabitable, and instead of fulfilling your nominated duty of serving the people and saving them from disaster, you use the situation to momentarily seize power and wealth over the rest of society.

thebrokedown

5 points

6 days ago

I knew that they didn’t care about my kids, I knew they didn’t care about poor kids or Brown kids. But it is actually been a little bit of a shock to me that they do not care about their own kids. I think that they believe that they will be able to ride above everything else on their cushion of money. You cannot believe how much I hope that is not true if they’re condemning the rest of us.

Tagnol

4 points

6 days ago

Tagnol

4 points

6 days ago

Why do you think musk considers it his duty to spread his genes as far as possible and wants so desperately to go to Mars? He legitimately believes his descendants will be able to abandon us to our fate on earth while his descendants live in proverbial terraformed ivory towers on Mars and basically control the destiny and wealth of those trapped on earth.

It's stupid and will never work like he thinks it will but everything I've seen points to that being his "endgame" plan.

DarkwingDuckHunt

8 points

6 days ago

But why didn't anyone warn us????

BurnTheBear

4 points

6 days ago

I reckon there are a substantial number of people in the “head in sand” camp who also believe everything is “God’s Will”. Once you go far enough down that road, you can ignore things like climate change completely and tell yourself it’ll all work out by the grace of His divine plan. I’m not meaning to sound sarcastic either. If you listen to people on the far-right religious conservative spectrum in the USA, they are fully committed to ignoring science.

Doomenate

40 points

6 days ago

Doomenate

40 points

6 days ago

Soon he'll pass a "Don't Say Global Warming" bill and it'll be fine.

his predecessor did that with his staff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGgQriiD8VI

Bocchi_theGlock

9 points

6 days ago

Wasn't there a preemption bill that made it illegal for cities to measure air pollution?

Ocbard

10 points

5 days ago

Ocbard

10 points

5 days ago

If you don't measure it there are no bad results!

Der_genealogist

9 points

5 days ago

Just like with Covid deaths

EpiphanyTwisted

23 points

6 days ago

It's already been done.Ask the state scientists in Fla what two words they aren't allowed to say.

boweroftable

5 points

6 days ago

Fast archaeology searches are being done on the Florida coast, as tides seem to be rising every year. It’s time to legislate for lower tides. Ideological solutions have always triumphed. /s just in case

DJ_Femme-Tilt

150 points

6 days ago

He talks about climate change in the same dismissive tone he does about racism. At least he's giving up the whole game!

Dead_Or_Alive

76 points

6 days ago

He’s trying to do the dismissive “machismo” thing which appealed to Hispanics in Fl during the last election cycle. He will hide behind that on issues he doesn’t believe in or or doesn’t want to engage on.

LesothoEnjoyer

37 points

6 days ago

He’s such an unmasculine man to be appealing to machismo

Vaginal_blood_cyst

19 points

6 days ago

He looks super cute in his white heels. /s

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25 points

6 days ago

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25 points

6 days ago

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CanuckPanda

16 points

6 days ago

They’d welcome back Batista with open arms.

ianm82

39 points

6 days ago

ianm82

39 points

6 days ago

I mean, at this point, and aside from alllllll of the other things that should and ought to automatically disqualify DeSaster from holding any office, he's the fucking Gov of Florida which climate changes has directly in it's sights... What in the actual fuck?

LOLBaltSS

36 points

6 days ago

LOLBaltSS

36 points

6 days ago

Yeah. Not only is that state likely to be literally underwater at some point, but even insurance companies are outright jacking up rates or refusing to underwrite new policies.

ianm82

22 points

6 days ago

ianm82

22 points

6 days ago

It's ridiculous. The building codes in Southern Florida basically dictate that you have to put your house on 20 ft stilts. I truly cannot fathom how this guy was reelected or has any shit at becoming POTUS.

Luster-Purge

7 points

6 days ago

I would agree...except Trump got into the white house on nothing but populist speeches.

It looks like this asshat is trying to do the same, riding his massive popularity in being anti-woke and kicking Disney in the shins.

fjvgamer

12 points

6 days ago

fjvgamer

12 points

6 days ago

The people who stand to make money off the disaster recovery of climate change are probably financing him.

Metfan722

12 points

6 days ago

Metfan722

12 points

6 days ago

I don't even think it's Big Oil. Because (at least where I am in NJ), I see a lot of ads about how they're looking into alternative fuel sources. Of course they never go into specifics, which why it's likely complete and total bullshit, but figured it's still worth mentioning.

vtmosaic

31 points

6 days ago

vtmosaic

31 points

6 days ago

Greenwashing.

esc8pe8rtist

1.4k points

6 days ago

esc8pe8rtist

1.4k points

6 days ago

Says the brilliant politician from a state that is already experiencing the consequences of worsening climate change

From the algal blooms, to the sargassum bullshit on the beach right now and the king tides in the keys, y’all need to stop eating shit and vote these red coats out

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378 points

6 days ago

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378 points

6 days ago

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meresymptom

119 points

6 days ago

meresymptom

119 points

6 days ago

Stealing that, lol. Rhonda Sandtits he is, now and forevermore

IAmElectricHead

15 points

6 days ago

It is known.

meresymptom

7 points

6 days ago

So let it be written.

mundaywas

5 points

6 days ago

So let it be written...

Fuck_dogwhistles

5 points

6 days ago

So let it be done

Forrest-Gumpenstein

4 points

6 days ago

So it shall be

sparky255

28 points

6 days ago

sparky255

28 points

6 days ago

Meatball Ron 😂

wvmitchell51

12 points

6 days ago

Ron Disastrous

paz2023

41 points

6 days ago

paz2023

41 points

6 days ago

Ron dewhitefascist is an extremist

neridqe00

9 points

6 days ago

Ill never be able to get that one out of my head 😂

urkldajrkl

85 points

6 days ago

And who happily collects federal disaster relief funds…

Adventurer_By_Trade

47 points

6 days ago

It's way cheaper than actually building a tax base from among the affected people. Something something personal responsibility....

TifCreatesAgain

17 points

6 days ago*

Well, and he has to spend sooo much money transporting emigrants up north! 🙄

PomegranateOld7836

24 points

6 days ago

The guy he chartered planes from at an insane cost is his friend and a major donor, so yeah he has to funnel millions in tax dollars his way. It's basically an imperative.

Fantastic_Lead9896

15 points

6 days ago

That finally makes sense. I was questioning how it took millions of dollars for like what 2 dozen immigrants.

Prize-Relationship21

6 points

5 days ago

Great way to wash a few stacks of cartel narco dollars.

methodsignature

6 points

5 days ago

Kleptocrats gonna do that Kleptocrat stuff.

ClarkeYoung

30 points

6 days ago

He doesn’t strike me as a guy that particularly cares if Florida collapses in on itself, so long as it’s after he’s moved on.

tasman001

15 points

6 days ago

tasman001

15 points

6 days ago

Yep. Yet another Republican governor with presidential ambitions who will step on their state's neck to reach higher.

TheyTrustMeWithTools

7 points

6 days ago

Well I mean for the last few years he's been blatantly treating Florida as a stepping stone in his political career. And they're too dumb to notice.

LooseEndsMkMyAssItch

136 points

6 days ago

With you on most of that besides the algae blooms aka red tide. That is from waste and pollution in our waterways also thanks to DeSantis.and prior govs

Zarathustra_d

106 points

6 days ago

While runoff causes alge blooms, runoff is increased by climate change (more severe storms cause more storm water runoff, causing more blooms. Higher water temp also disrupts ecosystems, making them more vulnerable). So, a bit of both.

BucBrady

33 points

6 days ago

BucBrady

33 points

6 days ago

It's mainly due to waste and pollution in Florida. This issue only became a big issue for the state after they rolled back environmental policies preventing this from occuring.

PomegranateOld7836

16 points

6 days ago

It's multiple issues, but weather absolutely plays a role. Hurricane Ian spurred the bloom in October, and lack of northerly winds kept it from migrating south as usual, increasing the spread along the west coast. Bad climate and bad environmental policies work together to make things more terrible.

tjjohnso

13 points

6 days ago

tjjohnso

13 points

6 days ago

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.646080/full

Waste and pollution are a part. But it is complicated, and warmer waters absolutely do exacerbate the problem.

There are many more articles out there. I felt this one did a decent job going into the multiple causes.

ZooZooChaCha

8 points

6 days ago

Or “a naturally occurring phenomenon” according to every Florida Republican

Russell_Jimmies

9 points

6 days ago

Water pollution is one of the causes of climate change.

Bocchi_theGlock

6 points

6 days ago

Wasn't DeSantis elected in the 2018 primary because he was willing to stand up to big sugar corporations? Whatever came of that?

Stalagmus

5 points

6 days ago

As long as big sugar corps aren’t “going woke” they’re fine in his eyes

scottriviera

41 points

6 days ago

nothing like a Presidential candidate "politizing weather" by saying "they are politizing weather". The dude is a straight clown how can anybody get behind this scumbag? dirty money owns all these posers.

Zender69

14 points

6 days ago

Zender69

14 points

6 days ago

When is he going to start saying that weather is "woke"?...OMG IS THAT A RAINBOW! SHOOT IT! IT WANTS TO RAPE OUR KIDS!/s

Criticalma55

16 points

6 days ago

He is a reflection of the demographic who elected him: mostly (but not exclusively) older, religious people who are scared to death of how unable to adapt they are to our ever-changing culture, and view said change, and difference of any kind, to an existential threat to their continued survival.

In a way, they’re not wrong: you either adapt to changing conditions, or die. But their pre-programmed worldview won’t let them, so they react with fear and disgust to anything unrecognizable to them.

Eeekadoe

43 points

6 days ago

Eeekadoe

43 points

6 days ago

Nearly all coral off florida mainland is dead. 98%. It's one of the worst hit places in the world.

Imaginary_Flower_935

20 points

6 days ago

Yep. Grew up snorkeling off the keys, right off the beach, and saw so many beautiful reefs. Went to college, came back and wanted to do it again. Reefs are pretty much gone, you have to take a charter boat out to one now and it lacks the biodiversity it used to have. It really bummed me out to basically witness a complete loss of a habitat in my lifetime.

cheebamech

4 points

6 days ago

yep, seen it bit further north as well: my family is from Fernandina Beach just north of Jax, the town went from the largest shrimping port on the east coast with hundreds of boats down to a half-dozen or so boats kept around mostly for the tourists, this all in the span of about 40 years.

slim_scsi

10 points

6 days ago

slim_scsi

10 points

6 days ago

He's merely saying what he knows they want to hear. Speaks in (forked) tongues.

XxHybridFreakxX

10 points

6 days ago

Not to mention all the problems with homeowners insurance. Most companies pulled out of the state and a few that did stay or charging out the ass for it.

koshgeo

6 points

5 days ago*

koshgeo

6 points

5 days ago*

It's comical when you look at the situation. Sure, he can dismiss scientists.

Let's see what the free market says instead, that bastion of "telling it like it is" with its dollars. What's that? The insurance industry has either bailed on Florida or is charging outrageous prices because of the increasingly severe risks from weather-related events and sea level rise?

But, okay, what about the US military? There's almost nothing conservatives like DeSantis more than the military. Oh, wait, they've spoken on the matter too.

The true politicization of the issue is the people denying it or who don't want to do anything about it, like DeSantis. He's the one politicizing it by not listening to anybody but other politicians and others with a political reason for denying it. Meanwhile, Miami slowly drowns. Same for many other parts of Florida. Florida is one of the most vulnerable places in the US to climate change, and this is the guy in charge of the response. Florida is going to have enormous costs, and he's pretending the risks aren't real.

msty2k

7 points

6 days ago

msty2k

7 points

6 days ago

Florida will suffer more than other states from climate change.
Much of Florida is a giant ancient coral reef. It is porous. Seawater can seep right in and poison the groundwater, killing plant life and making water undrinkable and unusable for crops. The only reason it doesn't is freshwater flows outward and pushes the seawater away. But even a small sea level rise could overwhelm that balance, and there's almost nothing that can be done about it. They can't build a seawall to keep the rising water out because it goes underground. It's already a problem in parts of Florida.

CombatConrad

3 points

6 days ago

Can't even get house insurance in Florida...

Hayes4prez

317 points

6 days ago

Hayes4prez

317 points

6 days ago

“Can you believe how liberal this heat is today? I can’t believe it.”

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37 points

6 days ago

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Villager723

29 points

6 days ago

Just wait until he sees a rainbow.

zR0B3ry2VAiH

31 points

6 days ago

The woke ocean is flooding my state, we must eradicate the gays.

FizzyBeverage

6 points

6 days ago

This thunderstorm is clearly grooming children!

jayfeather31

116 points

6 days ago

For being the leader of a state that would arguably suffer the most from severe climate change, he's got some nerve!

Honalana

35 points

6 days ago

Honalana

35 points

6 days ago

Right?? Aren’t the keys literally sinking from rising sea levels due to climate change?

combustioncat

27 points

6 days ago

“Don’t look up” energy

esther_lamonte

24 points

6 days ago

Well, consider that his plan is to use up Florida and toss it to the curb when he moves to DC. He doesn’t think of Florida problems as his problems.

Zarathustra_d

7 points

6 days ago

They have land they need to unload on all the morons moving to FL and TX. Can't do that if you accept that land will be worthless in a generation.

Cycleguy57

230 points

6 days ago

Cycleguy57

230 points

6 days ago

The “stupid” is accelerating.

scarytruth1111

55 points

6 days ago

What you really mean is its profitable to take advantage of the stupid. Best believe when the climate finally turns against humanity folks like DeSantis will be safe and secure.

DoubleScorpius

13 points

6 days ago

“There’s a sucker born every minute”

scarytruth1111

19 points

6 days ago

The real problem is the suckers are heavily armed and ready to destroy America if they don't get their way.

skokage

5 points

6 days ago

skokage

5 points

6 days ago

Naw, after reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road i have faith people with no actual survival skills like DeSandtits will be the first to drop. His security detail will turn against him the second it’s beneficial for them to do so.

ethicsg

24 points

6 days ago

ethicsg

24 points

6 days ago

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." H. L. Mencken

Hunky_not_Chunky

10 points

6 days ago

Just wait. The Supreme Court just shot down the EPA’s hold on wetlands. You think Desantis is gonna sign bills to protect the Everglades or any other ecologically rich lands in Florida?

Shirlenator

5 points

6 days ago

I think it is fair at this point to say it is metastasizing.

On_The_Contrary_24

86 points

6 days ago

Really is infuriating that one of the two major parties in the country flat out rejects science and is in favor of completely fucking us over more and more.

CardiologistThink336

15 points

6 days ago

In a Pew Research survey last September, 24% of Republicans said they think scientific experts are typically better than others at making good policy decisions about scientific issues, compared to 55% of Democrats.

dunkel_weizen

12 points

6 days ago

How the hell is it only 55% of Democrats.

This is fucking depressing.

piratey_goodness

33 points

6 days ago

And the other one is a mixture of people who want to do something about it, people who pretend to, and people who work for the oil industry. Not a great mix overall.

On_The_Contrary_24

9 points

6 days ago

Yeah, no argument there.

piratey_goodness

9 points

6 days ago

Cool system we got.

On_The_Contrary_24

8 points

6 days ago

Really need to implement ranked choice voting everywhere. Not that it would magically fix everything, but would be a step in the right direction.

Dunlocke

3 points

6 days ago

Dunlocke

3 points

6 days ago

Fuck this both sides nonsense.

kyuuketsuki47

79 points

6 days ago

He's the fucking Gov of Florida. The state with a literal sinking city (Miami) that they need to solve FAST otherwise it's going to be a real life Atlantis.

Not to mention the dying coral... (though that isn't 100% on climate change).

SupermarketOverall73

23 points

6 days ago

The dead reef is from years of dredging sand (silt), and dumping of sewage.

kyuuketsuki47

8 points

6 days ago

Absolutely, but climate change also has an impact. However in the case of Florida nitrogen in the water and lack of nutrients for coral growth are the main culprits. But the warming and acidification of the water is also a well known stressor to corals that result in bleaching and death.

IronMike69420

6 points

6 days ago

There’s a massive effort to introduce concrete artificial reefs. They’re huge and they make more every day. Stacking up near the skyway bridge

philodendrin

50 points

6 days ago

From the Governor who is politicizing books, education, gender, sexuality, Disney and Covid.

smiffus

20 points

6 days ago

smiffus

20 points

6 days ago

...and climate change. people seem to overlook the fact that he is in fact the one politicizing the issue by denying the science and saying it's political.

Imtherealwaffle

5 points

6 days ago

100%. Republican oposition largely makes it a politicized issue. Otherwise it would just be a fact/scientific trend.

Potential_Wing9940

9 points

6 days ago

and religion don't forget about religion.

Party-Travel5046

49 points

6 days ago

If the Dems say his wife is a cis- woman will he oppose them and call her gender fluid for sake of simply owning the libs?

General-Macaron109

21 points

6 days ago

Ronny is the one wearing heels all of the time. I think she's the cis woman.

Tavernman1

4 points

6 days ago

I don’t know about heels, but short man definitely wears lifts.

jim10040

4 points

6 days ago

jim10040

4 points

6 days ago

I think we should try this, just for research purposes of course.

[deleted]

33 points

6 days ago

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33 points

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VdomanFla

28 points

6 days ago

VdomanFla

28 points

6 days ago

You can’t be a republican without being a hypocrite.

Raunchiness121

16 points

6 days ago

Facts.

HopelessAndLostAgain

27 points

6 days ago

Don't ask for federal aid after the next hurricane

buksrevenge

22 points

6 days ago

Floridians become instant Marxists in the wake of storm damage.

jhggyuhhggggyy5676

48 points

6 days ago

Fucking idiot

phloyd77

21 points

6 days ago

phloyd77

21 points

6 days ago

When your base has an average IQ of 80…

SAM0070REDDIT

17 points

6 days ago

As high as 80

anselbukowski

5 points

6 days ago

You spelled cumulative wrong

Bitch_Posse

24 points

6 days ago

He also dismisses Covid calling it the politicalization of corpses.

SgtCreaseGrease

37 points

6 days ago

Yet politicizing skyman worship is totally fine...

third0burns

17 points

6 days ago

A vote for republicans is a vote for the end of the world. It's really that simple

21CntrySchtzoidtrans

14 points

6 days ago

Wasn’t Fort Lauderdale looking like Waterworld less than a few months ago?

dragonfliesloveme

14 points

6 days ago

Translation: “I know climate change is real, it couldn’t be more obvious, but I am paid by Big Oil to say this crap and to keep the laws in Big Oil’s favor. I am a pathological asshole, devoid of compassion or empathy, this is how I am able to choose being bought rather than give one single shit about my children’s future.”

Jeramus

12 points

6 days ago

Jeramus

12 points

6 days ago

anselbukowski

5 points

6 days ago

Either raising rates or bailing out altogether. After tripling our premium over 2 years, our insurance company informed us that they'd not be renewing our policy this year as they'd be leaving at the end of the year. And they just happen to be the largest home insurer in the state. There's about to be a fuck ton of people looking for a new company. The laws of supply and demand bring us back to your link.

parabuthas

10 points

6 days ago

I wonder his new buddy Elon will say about this? 🤔

CaliforniaF0g

11 points

6 days ago

Elon already milked Democrats out of all the Tesla cars they will buy. He will probably pivot to brag about how lithium battery production owns the libs with its high environmental toll.

parabuthas

5 points

6 days ago

Good point. Mofo would have not succeeded to grow Tesla without CA help (regulation they passed etc). Then runs to Texas. Fuck him.

BeefsteakTomato

3 points

6 days ago

Nah he's still pandering to the right to sell cybertrucks because he realized that no one wants to buy electric trucks.

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9 points

6 days ago

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DolphinsBreath

8 points

6 days ago

The governor went on to say that he believed emissions could be reduced by encouraging innovation in the private sector,…

But why then? Why reduce emissions?

For what it’s worth, I think everyone is opposed to “politicization of the weather”. I’m also opposed to playing politics with people’s private lives. How about you, Governor?

Wiliva0202

7 points

6 days ago

This dumb F$&ks state is sinking, hurricanes are more intense causing millions of dollars of damage, but this fool will do whatever it takes to win over the maga trashholes.

Fivethenoname

6 points

6 days ago

If I didn't already draw the line way wayyyy long ago, this would have done it. Farmers are starting to feel the effects of climate change now and understand that it's happening and that we need to do something about it. A lot of farmers are even willing to change the way they farm to keep their soil healthy. Attacking the environmental movement is very unpopular and it's going to continue to get less popular as demographics shift.

sewand717

6 points

6 days ago

Does anyone trust his judgement? He’s made an unbroken string of wrong calls on COVID (Florida had a higher than average death rate), climate change (the science of greenhouse gases was settled decades ago), gun control, Ukraine, etc. His policies begin and end with troll-ism. He’s a useless twit who does nothing to make anyone’s lives better.

boulder_holder_

6 points

6 days ago

Weather is woke. Ban it

Maximum_Bowl4044

5 points

6 days ago

Hmmm climate and weather are not the same. But I guess it's a moot point....

oldcreaker

5 points

6 days ago

"I call your politicization of weather and raise you a politicization of climate".

Joey_BagaDonuts57

3 points

6 days ago

The next set of hurricanes will not be nice to him or the Florida fools.

ghettoccult_nerd

4 points

6 days ago

is Desantis running some type of short sell on florida or something? this guy JUST awarded 1.5$M in flood relief funds. its obvious Florida needs to adjust for WHATEVER you want to blame the rising waters on. call it whatever.

Itszdemazio

5 points

6 days ago

Funny everyone thinks the problem is the state going underwater. The actual problem is already occurring. Which is salt water is seeping into the aquifers because sea level is.. rising. 50 years from now most of the aquifers will be fucked. You can’t even build a wall around Florida. The water will just go under it.

ZZZ-Top

5 points

6 days ago

ZZZ-Top

5 points

6 days ago

Right is that why Insurance is through the roof in his state

Nheteps1894

5 points

6 days ago

Yeah and who fucking politicised it? Oh that’s right, THE RIGHT

Garlador

6 points

6 days ago

Garlador

6 points

6 days ago

What a maroon.

Stolenartwork

4 points

6 days ago

He believes in flat climate

AphoticDev

4 points

6 days ago

Listen, it's not the rest of us sitting less than two inches above the ocean. We fuck around and it's gonna be his people who find out first.

Lonnification

8 points

6 days ago

I have never voted for a Democrat for president (in fact, I just voted for my first Democrat in the last mid-terms), but I will be voting for whoever the Democratic nominee is in 2024. Unless it's Kennedy. That guy's as nuts as Trump and DeSantis.

Sydnick101

6 points

6 days ago

Hopefully voters are smart enough to dismiss DeSantis

blazelet

4 points

6 days ago

blazelet

4 points

6 days ago

Should be in r/NewsOfTheStupid

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4 points

6 days ago

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4 points

6 days ago

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Loganp812

4 points

6 days ago

Well, DeSantis is the politicization of stupidity.

Equivalent-Ad-2807

4 points

6 days ago

This guy is an IDIOT

BulljiveBots

3 points

6 days ago

Gotta love it from the state most likely to end up under water due to climate change.

ameinolf

6 points

6 days ago

ameinolf

6 points

6 days ago

Oh this will blow up in his dumbass face.

FunnyBunny335

4 points

6 days ago

Strange because Florida is literally building their waterfront structures with sea level rise factored in.

jokerZwild

3 points

6 days ago

What an idiot.

Puzzleheaded-Force14

3 points

6 days ago

How ridiculous. Well he can explained that to Floridians as they flood

Jazzlikeafool

3 points

6 days ago*

Dismiss Climate change evidently; he has not been paying attention satellite photos of his state, Florida has gotten a lot smaller, it's going back into the sea Sea level has risen melting ice

workingtoward

3 points

6 days ago

DeSantis must ask himself every day what can he do or say to alienate as many Independents and Democrats as possible.

drossvirex

3 points

6 days ago

Aounds like Trump all over again. The champion of big oil greed vs future generations survivability.

willthedude85

3 points

6 days ago

Beg for more socialism in 2023 after you get rocked by politicized hurricane haha! I dare ya.

Insidious-ark

3 points

6 days ago

And we are 1 step closer to Idiocracy

routerg0d

3 points

6 days ago

He’s young enough he will die seeing half of Florida under water.

theycallme_JT_

3 points

6 days ago

I can't wait until Florida falls into the ocean. And i say this as someone with parents who relocated to Sarasota, whom i love very much.

edvsa

3 points

6 days ago

edvsa

3 points

6 days ago

This guy is a major tool

LordYamz

3 points

6 days ago

LordYamz

3 points

6 days ago

Bro florida is literally sinking lol

Plateau9

3 points

6 days ago

Plateau9

3 points

6 days ago

Progressive leader replies: Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining you swarthy turd…

mcfearless0214

3 points

6 days ago

He says this, ironically, as the governor of Florida which is guaranteed to be one of the hardest hit states in the coming decades.

Fuck_dogwhistles

3 points

6 days ago

How is this party even legal? Blows my mind.

TobyADev

3 points

6 days ago

TobyADev

3 points

6 days ago

People vote for this idiot? Honestly if he becomes president nothing good will cone of it

form_an_opinion

3 points

6 days ago

I've had a lot of people tell me this fucker is smart, but I think there is ample evidence to the contrary.

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3 points

6 days ago

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3 points

6 days ago

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alexanderhope

3 points

6 days ago

Hey, if you’re reading this comment and you like Ron DeSantis, I just wanted to let you know that you’re a fascist, anti-American, dolt.

wonteatfish

3 points

6 days ago

This is the Republican Party. This is how fascism works. Keep voting Republican, suckers, and you’ll get exactly what you deserve.

bart2019

3 points

5 days ago

bart2019

3 points

5 days ago

That is backwards. The refusal to acknowledge climate change, that is the real politicization of weather. It's all projection.

7788audrey

3 points

5 days ago

Well then, why do you Gov DS continue to demand funds from the FED everytime your State receives a slate of bad weather - just write it off to bad weather in FL - all Floridians need to get over themselves, especially because most Insurance companies will no longer provide property insurance due to all the "negative weather events" in Florida.

FreedomsPower

3 points

5 days ago

The art of politicizing climate science while scapegoating everyone else for your own partisan attacks on it.

What a buffoon

Webgiant

3 points

5 days ago

Webgiant

3 points

5 days ago

There is a delightful movie from the 1980s called "Erik the Viking," directed by and acted in by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. One subtle theme in the movie is the nature of belief.

A scene towards the middle concerns a man sitting on the highest point of an island that is literally sinking around him (Ancient Curse basically), who says to some people on a boat, "Hi, it's not happening!"

I think of this every time I hear a climate change denier say anything denying climate change. They're standing on the same Earth experiencing climate change destruction, saying, "Hi, it's not happening!"

nightcycling

3 points

5 days ago

On May 25 Democracy Now just announced we officially entered our 6th mass extinction. So yeah Ron...do whatever you like.

NocturnalEngineer

3 points

5 days ago

For anybody who hasn't watched Don't Look Up, you're about to witness the main premise.

Apprehensive_Aide805

3 points

5 days ago

It was barely winter last year. We had light snow in February but that’s about it it was pretty warm all last year.