That's a nonsense take — nobody claiming that there is no hardship; only that the US has done a lot better than most other countries at handling the economic fallout from the pandemic.
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Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
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Yes, Article II, Section 3 says:
he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them
But...if the Speaker of the House doesn't feel like doing anything, he can make it really difficult to pass anything.
Since that scale was created, we've greatly improved building codes, so it might actually make sense.
Cap systems like this are about equivalent to carbon taxes in terms of difficulty in cooperating around, but give certainty about total emissions instead of about future prices. They're mostly not implemented because they make it clear that you need to actually decarbonize.
You could, for example, cap total importation & extraction at a national or regional level, and lower that cap each year.
It basically says that we need to impose restrictions on both extraction and any kind of commitment to burning.
Can't speak for the upthread poster, but I keep a portable 20w solar panel around to charge my cell phone and satellite transponder in emergencies.
The move they're making is to claim that Democrats control the weather and inflict storms like this on people. It's bullshit, like most of their other claims, and really reeks of desperation.
Yeah, hearing similar things from others; it takes a really long time to fix the utilities when the roads are washed out all over the place, and need to be repaired to even bring heavy equipment in to many locations.
This one's a weather report; I'm taking it down as off topic.