In the 1970s, President Carter installed solar panels at the White House and told the American people we had to reduce our use of fossil fuels because of climate change. The following figures are from NOAA showing the cost of damage from 1980 to 2019 and an estimate for 2020 to 2029 due to storms, fires, pollution, etc., brought about by global warming:
1980-1989: $219 billion
1990-1999: $334 billion
2000-2009: $620 billion
2010-2019: $993 billion
2020-2029: estimated > $2 trillion.
Climate scientists are saying it will only get worse. Heat records will continue to get broken. Mr. Trump is a climate change denier and will do nothing to address the issue that affects the whole world. His and his supporters' ignorance on this issue is astounding and will lead to unbearable global warming, massive starvation and water shortages on a scale never seen before.
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Michael Mount
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