If only someone could have predicted such a monumental change in risk.
@andrewdessler I find myself using two phrases alternately, but this is a chance to use them together:
Either we manage climate change, or climate change manages us.
And in that context:
Those that have the most, have the most to lose from climate change.
Learning about climate is a double-edged sword, b/c you learn about society. Learning about society is a double-edged sword, because you learn about people.
Yale had their trustee election this weekend, and both choices were donors to climate deniers. The likely winner gave $1M to DeSantis.
No oil in this story, but a lot of wealth.
In a gentler frame of mind, I'd put this way -- a lot of very well-educated Americans are immensely wealthy and intoxicated by their money.
It's hard to talk a drunk person out of being drunk.