It seems ironic to see articles like this:
https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/major-oil-rigs-in-the-gulf-of-mexico
and, knowing our refusal to move away from dependence on fossil fuels has increased ocean temperatures. We know the high temperatures of the water in the Gulf are causing the intensification of hurricanes in the region.
It is as if the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.
It will cost billions of dollars to recover from constant and increasing catastrophe from exceptional wildfires, floods, tornadoes, cat 5 hurricanes, droughts……But the conversation runs in parallel to the fossil fuel industry touting their billion dollar productions – plus demand to increase exploration and more DRILLING.
The fossil fuel industry does not help the victims. As people can’t afford insurance, many are made homeless after losing their entire home and belongings. Then new homes are built on the spot where their beloved home once stood, but they can’t afford the bigger home because they are being replaced by richer folk.
More than 20 million people worldwide are displaced from their homes each year due to extreme weather events.
There needs to be intense and determined priority given to this subject, worldwide. Where there is Best Practise it must be shared, and constructive action must be taken which does not involve exploitation of vulnerable people.
Best Practise currently costs too much for the vulnerable, but if you can afford it, Hunters Point, Florida weathered the Helene and Milton hurricanes:
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