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This seems based on outdated science to me. The world isn't just "getting hotter", the overall climate is changing due solely to human influence. The article ma

This seems based on outdated science to me. The world isn't just "getting hotter", the overall climate is changing due solely to human influence. The article makes it sound like insurers believe houses will start spontaneously combusting. What they should really worry about is desertification in populated areas and flooding along the coasts, and the inevitable humanitarian crisis and necessary social restructuring that those will require. We can't leave this to insurers - we need strong cooperation between governments and academia to plot a better course into our brave new world.

whatwrongwyou 1y ago
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- cwmoore 1y ago
  “insurers believe houses will start spontaneously combusting”
  - whatwrongwyou 1y ago
    "The article makes it sound like", which I used to emphasize the seeming misunderstanding that the author seems to have. Insurers aren't stupid. I don't think the author is stupid either; I think they're just not a SME. And unless you have credentials, neither are you or anyone else here. We have to be better at listening to the experts who dedicate their lives to this stuff, and we need to fund them whatever they need to do their work.
    - cwmoore 1y ago
      >We have to be better at listening to experts From the article; “financial burden of these disasters often falls on individuals, businesses and governments, rather than insurance firms.” Considering the article, your post was simply off-topic and inaccurate. There are flooding issues far from the coasts, and desertification in farmland far from where most people live. “Houses spontaneously combusting” was just the most obvious fiction that would draw downvotes. This was not an article denying atmospheric carbon dioxide. Open your mind to awaken others. Respect the fact that some eyes are already open.
anoxor 1y ago
“the overall climate is changing due solely to human influence.” Way past anything scientific. Spend 2 minutes googling “anthrophemoric co2 percentage”
- oezi 1y ago
  Well solely is dramatizing but to a large extend it is true that the clima is changing because of human actions. Certainly the rise in Co2 from 280 ppm to 420 ppm since the onset of industrialization is rather very likely due to human actions.

whatwrongwyou 1y ago

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cwmoore 1y ago
“insurers believe houses will start spontaneously combusting”
- whatwrongwyou 1y ago
  "The article makes it sound like", which I used to emphasize the seeming misunderstanding that the author seems to have. Insurers aren't stupid. I don't think the author is stupid either; I think they're just not a SME. And unless you have credentials, neither are you or anyone else here. We have to be better at listening to the experts who dedicate their lives to this stuff, and we need to fund them whatever they need to do their work.
  - cwmoore 1y ago
    >We have to be better at listening to experts From the article; “financial burden of these disasters often falls on individuals, businesses and governments, rather than insurance firms.” Considering the article, your post was simply off-topic and inaccurate. There are flooding issues far from the coasts, and desertification in farmland far from where most people live. “Houses spontaneously combusting” was just the most obvious fiction that would draw downvotes. This was not an article denying atmospheric carbon dioxide. Open your mind to awaken others. Respect the fact that some eyes are already open.

anoxor 1y ago

“the overall climate is changing due solely to human influence.” Way past anything scientific. Spend 2 minutes googling “anthrophemoric co2 percentage”

oezi 1y ago
Well solely is dramatizing but to a large extend it is true that the clima is changing because of human actions. Certainly the rise in Co2 from 280 ppm to 420 ppm since the onset of industrialization is rather very likely due to human actions.