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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
New Statesman author Eleanor Penny believes she has worked out why rich people don’t appear to care about the imminent climate catastrophe.
Who gets to survive climate change?
19 March 2019
As the waters rise, the rich are readying their arks to escape oncoming environmental crisis.
In November, as wildfires ripped through California, Kim Kardashian hired a squad of private firefighters to protect her $50m estate in Calabasas. During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Blackwater security guardsdefended the houses of the hyper rich against feared hordes of looters while their occupants were quietly helicoptered to safety.
Elsewhere, the hyper rich make plans to flee the planet altogether. From Elon Musk’s SpaceX programme to the would-be citizens of space-based micro nation Asgardia, venture capitalist space exploration is being packaged as humanity’s pioneering attempt to save itself from destruction.
These are not anomalies. Private insurance companies like AIG and Chubb have boasted about their increased provisions against the rapidly increasing numbers of natural disasters like wildfires. Others are scrambling to offset their exposureto the gathering effects of climate chaos. As the waters rise, the rich are readying their arks – quietly preparing themselves for climate chaos. If history teaches us anything, it’s that elites build their castles high above the filth.
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At its root, elite denial isn’t a result of ignorance or suspended disbelief. Concentrated wealth warps perceptions of crisis and immunises elites against the practical and psychological threats of catastrophe. They are convinced of their own ability to survive the apocalypse: cataclysm is a preoccupation of the poor.
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Read more: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/03/who-gets-survive-climate-change
My first thought was to make some wisecrack about hoping Anthony saves me a seat on the final evacuation mission to Asgardia, but I’m worried climate activists might take my joke seriously.
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‘but I’m worried climate activists might take my joke seriously.’
That’s a very reasonable worry to have.
Off Topic…. the odds are high that Onslow Australia is once again about to get struck by a major cyclone, … https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/700hPa/orthographic=133.71,-21.31,1823/loc=117.373,-18.105
The cyclone draws ever closer to Onslow, currently running at 125 mph and higher.
meant to add, … https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/700hPa/orthographic=133.71,-21.31,1821/loc=117.417,-19.576
A close call for Onslow, the cyclone abated a bit north of Onslow, and has since moved west then south into the Onslow area. So lots of rain with winds around 30 mph.
Please introduce her to Occam’s Razor. The elites aren’t worried because they don’t believe the stories of impending doom. Simple as that.
Well, there’s one small benefit that will befall the rest of us when the elites build out their escape mechanism. They will be pouring a good portion of their wealth back into our economy as they bankrupt themselves in the effort.
Can I have your stuff?
Rich people plan to flee the earth to escape climate catastrophe?
Only the stupid ones.
The real wealthy ones acquire islands, store in fuel and build full featured airstrips & mansions then hire shady security corporates to guard them.
Surrounded precisely by the waters that are supposed to rise and drawn the planet unless we pour truckloads of money in the climate scam blackhole.
Waterworld seems postponed as newly delivered attractive high performance capable (private) jets don’t feature floats. Makes me wonder why if massive sea levels rise are putatively unavoidable.
Most climate change researcher use extreme temperature (min or max) to amplify their narrative. Research wise, extreme weather and event would likely be outlier. Unless they occurs frequently then it might be a concern, as it changes other measures such as median or mean, variance. They should use median, mean, or variance to verify their research claim.
Rich people fly airplanes, party all night, and talk about climate change. Now I can also say that computers, phones, data center, electronic devices (these runs 24 hours/day), contributed to global warming, lets all get rid of them. They contributed to high demands of energy, required high demands of coals.
“Who gets to survive climate change?”
Climate alarmism is the marketing plan for Mars-1 recruitment.