The water is getting warmer for the frog in the heated pan

    The story of the frog being boiled to death in gradually warmer water is often used to explain the reality of a warming Earth.  The Earth in July experienced the warmest month ever recorded.  The 1.5-degree increase is projected to be the Earth every month in 2030.  Some places in Iran reached a heat index of 142 which is unsustainable for human existence.  Reading this story made me think about how this reality doesn't seem to resonate with many of the purchasers of vehicles today.   The past decade has seen the pickup truck become the most purchased vehicle among the American public.  A vehicle that was once seen as a vehicle for people as a work vehicle is now marketed as a general public vehicle that is used for everyday use.  The reality for most truck owners is that their purchase of a truck is more for image than practicality.  This reality is further shown when almost 80% of truck buyers are male.  Apparently, trucks are a boost to testosterone production and endangering our future survivability.

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     While Florida's Governor is traveling around the Country decrying "wokeness" his state is suffering a crisis with residents being unable to obtain or receive payments in homeowner insurance claims after hurricanes caused by climate change.  As put recently, “Insurance companies have been given a tremendous amount of leeway in Florida,” Birny Birnbaum, the director of the Center for Economic Justice and a former insurance regulator said in an interview. “Light regulation let these smaller companies come in and cherry-pick what they want to cover. When there is no hurricane, they can make a tremendous amount of money. When there is one, executives can walk away without much liability and a lot richer.”