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Miami is still above water.

Would you shut down the powerhouse of our economy -- travel, transportation, energy -- for something hypothetical that hasn't even happened and doesn't appear to be close to happening?

I'm pro-clean energy, but you can't do without fossil fuels. Not if you want society to keep climbing up and up and up.



Before you jump to policy making, you should get the implications right.

"The current rate of sea level rise at Pensacola Bay has accelerated rapidly since 2010."

"The difference in sea level rise over the last 100 years has been approximately 10 inches—but in the next 75-100 years, the increase in sea level rise could be close to 48 inches." https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/escambiaco/2023/04/12/weekly-what...




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