people at the highest levels of the u.s. government pretending that this problem doesn t exist, and pretending that we don t know the science, when really, kids who go to anyone who takes a high school class in basic earth science understands how climate change works. nathaniel, your terrific article, which i really commend, is at some level a little disspiriting. it seems like you re saying we had our chance. in the 80s, as you say, there wasn t in denialism, people understood the problem, republican administrations took it seriously, but ultimately we weren t willing to pay the short term price for the long term gain. the problems seemed too distant, too far in the future. but now it seems as though there is there are some hopeful signs, there is this new green revolution, there is solar energy and wind, all very small, i understand, but do you look at is your glass half full in any way or did that article
global problem that we keep adding to every single day, and we re seeing very serious effects. it s surreal, really, to have people at the highest levels of the u.s. government pretending that this problem doesn t exist, and pretending that we don t know the science, when really, kids who go to anyone who takes a high school class in basic earth science understands how climate change works. nathaniel, your terrific article, which i really commend, is at some level a little dispiriting. it seems like you re saying we had our chance. in the 80s, as you say, there wasn t denialism, people understood the problem, republican administrations took it seriously, but ultimately we weren t willing to pay the short term price for the long term gain. the problems seemed too distant, too far in the future. but now it seems as though there is there are some hopeful signs, there is this new green
the claim is that climate change works. sea levels in new york city are up a foot before they were a hundred years ago. they are set to rise five feet in the next 100 years. it it takes someone who believes in. climate change to believe in that. the other point is about you got to be thinking about the stuff when rebuilding. the thing i keep thinking is look how much money this costs. everybody los the jersey shore. we love the boardwalk. but we just rebuilt the boardwalk in the same place. it s the same ocean. it s the same climate. it s only going do get worse. it seems like we need to be thinking about this actively in what we rebuild if we re going to have any shot of not just repeating these images. if chris christie is serious about this, he would reinstate the energy fund. he rebuilds his community in a way that ensures they are prepared for future disaster recognizing that climate change is going to impact this