Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Vegabern

The farmer in Montana is poor because he shouldn't be farming in Montana. Now a rancher on the other hand...

I know you're trying be cute but:
Montanakids | Wheat

Wheat is Montana's leading cash crop. Montana is third among the wheat producing states in the U.S. Wheat is grown in nearly all the counties in Montana, on more than 8950 wheat farms. The largest grain producing area though, is the north central area of the state called the "Triangle Area."

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

someone who lives inland shouldnt be ripped off to pay for improvements to someones coastal property.

Seems fair. Oh, fyi we're going to raise the taxes of the people that live inland because they don't generate the tourism money that coastal areas do.

Also, going to need to charge you heavy fees for anything that comes in or out by boat as well.

Then there is all the state income from the industries that help the state as a whole which helps to reduce what they have to charge you in taxes.....

Like it or not, coastal areas are incredibly high revenue generators for most state and local governments, far more than in-land areas in general.

[Tominftl]

If they can get oil from the Gulf of Mexico they can make something to still produce oil with a sea level rise. No excuses.

[Vegabern]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

I know you're trying be cute but:
Montanakids | Wheat

I'm well aware of Montana's agricultural practices. I spent a decade there. You?

But yes, I was just making a joke.

[Freak80]

Originally Posted by Tominftl

If they can get oil from the Gulf of Mexico they can make something to still produce oil with a sea level rise. No excuses.

How much money did YOU contribute to your senator’s re-election campaign?

I rest my case.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Vegabern

I'm well aware of Montana's agricultural practices. I spent a decade there. You?

But yes, I was just making a joke.

Yeah sure you were

[Pilot1]

The oil companies realize, like most sane people, that the climate has always changed before Man, and Man's industrialization, and after. They also realize that there is no proof Man is affecting climate, so why should they have any reservations about what they are asking?

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Seems fair. Oh, fyi we're going to raise the taxes of the people that live inland because they don't generate the tourism money that coastal areas do.

Also, going to need to charge you heavy fees for anything that comes in or out by boat as well.

Then there is all the state income from the industries that help the state as a whole which helps to reduce what they have to charge you in taxes.....

Like it or not, coastal areas are incredibly high revenue generators for most state and local governments, far more than in-land areas in general.

Losing battle to fight rising oceans with a wall!

[ohhwanderlust]

Originally Posted by T-310

Agreed. If idiots build where flooding is prone, they deserve what they get.

Some places should simply not be lived in. If people need to build sea walls or have the AC on all year, maybe it's not meant for human habitation, or at least not meant to host large cities.

Meanwhile there is plenty of more hospitable land across the country that is pretty much ignored.

But if people want to defy nature to that extreme, that's their choice I guess.