JF Mezei wrote:

On 2018-02-18 19:20, Fred J. McCall wrote:

Weather is not climate. All that would still have to be paid PLUS the
billions in 'fees' to the Third World.


An increase over time of severe damage causing weather events is
climate. And this is what has been happening.


Well, actually, no, not so much. You're pointing to ONE HURRICANE
SEASON (weather) and ignoring all the others.


If you allow developing nations to reach USA levels of per capita
production, then the costs to the USA due to weather damage will
increase a lot more than the cost of preventing this.


But us shelling out millions of dollars and crippling our economy
doesn't prevent it.


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