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The Climate Apartheid

It Could Happen Here

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Climate a Partye - The Wrong Side of Climate a Partye

When the pacific northwest heat dome briefly made portland, oregon, one of the hottest cities on the planet, the actual heat experienced in different neighborhoods varied based on income. This is because wealthy neighborhoods had lower building density and much more trees which provided enough shade that so called a grade neighborhoods were eight degrees fahrenheit cooler on average, than poor neighborhoods. But as the consequences of industrial society hit harder the wealth line necessary to avoid them rises. It is no longer simply sufficient to live in a rich country. If you aren't wealthy enough for a second or a third home, for your own private fire fighters, for a bunker in new zealand, or a space shuttle, sorry

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