The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You

[phantom power]

In the United States, 2011 and 2012 were the two most extreme years on record for destructive weather events. A record 14 weather disasters occurred in 2011, sustaining more than $1 billion each in economic losses for a total of $60.6 billion. Last year brought 11 weather disasters that each cost $1 billion or more; while the total economic loss has not been determined, experts say the dollar figure is almost certain to exceed 2011’s. Meanwhile, the insurance industry estimates that its losses from 2012’s natural disasters will total $58 billion—more than double the average yearly losses of $27 billion from 2000 to 2011.

As incidents of extreme weather mount, so do the costs to taxpayers. Congress allocated $61 billion to pay for superstorm Sandy. (That figure, by the way, almost entirely cancels out the new revenue raised by the New Year’s Day fiscal-cliff deal that increased taxes on the wealthy.) Taxpayers also paid out a record $20 billion in federal crop-insurance claims in 2012, to cover the devastating losses from the record drought that scorched the nation’s heartland last summer.

http://news.yahoo.com/scary-truth-much-climate-change-costing-182731496--politics.html

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. I have often wondered

why the Democrats don't emphasize the cost of climate change denial. Just like they don't talk about the real cost of a gallon of gasoline.

[stuntcat]

2. "Just like they don't talk about the real cost of a gallon of gasoline. "

exactly precisely. It kills me when I hear someone with a big full belly and big house discussing the cost per gallon and how big a deal 5 or 10 cents is No idea what the actual cost was, or will be. People just kill me.

r & k

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. And think (or pretend to think) they

are being righteously concerned about the poor?