There’s a fair bit of evidence that it works. That’s why people keep on doing it.

Basically, the total cost of ownership went up, so the set of potential buyers shrank, and the overall value went down, so the right amount to charge people for taxes is lower.

That’s fairly uncommon; what’s been happening instead is large-scale non-renewal of insurance policies.

Written by Gavin Schmidt whose career has been defined by heading one of the long-term temperature measurement projects

Edit: auto-correct gave me something other than “measurement” so fixed it.

It’s better to make that clear before people build houses, and conditions can change so that places which were previously not too high a risk are now high-risk.

If they bought a policy from the state FAIR plan, they’ll still have some coverage.

Mind you, the FAIR plan is undercapitalized and likely to assess policyholder and/or insurers to make it up

They’re probably more afraid that Trump will burn the company down.

Yes, it’s just some colors. If you can’t handle a picture with some colors, you’ve got a problem.

I’m guessing a reference to a Derecho

I didn’t find either group on social media. Real groups have some other way to reach them.

Pick an activity. I’m into the outdoors, so looked at local Sierra Club chapters and cycling clubs. Joined a couple. Met a lot of people.

Haven’t done it using an app. Pick an activity. Find a club that does it. Meet in person

That and bitcoin mining

There are two different parts to that:

1. What was the ignition source, which is currently unknown
2. What caused it to go from a tiny fire to a huge fire very quickly, which is the result of having a couple of fairly wet years, followed by a very dry year, combined with hot dry winds. A warming world is in part responsible for those conditions.

That’s long been true for a chunk of the population. It’s not enough to explain the trend

Only way to find those people is to get out and interact though

Some level of socializing is important though; you end up with a not-very-functional society without it

You can do a potluck cheaply at someone’s home. It’s that people don’t

I don’t think he really cared much; it’s more that Trump got a billion-dollar bribe from the fossil fuels industry.

I’d go into it with a plan for the following:

• retrofit insulation & windows
• replace gas heating with a heat pump
• electrical system upgrades
• Solar
• storage battery