August 21, 2018
A sample of what we can expect:
- More expensive electricity
- More pollution
- Increased wildfires
- More smoke
- More lost tax revenue due to wildfire evacuations
- More lost tax revenue due to fighting wildfires
- More climate refugees (think Seeley Lake residents)
- More canceled after school sports
- More drought
- Less local tax revenue from renewable energy development
- More smog
- Less snowpack
- Disappearing glaciers
- More invasive aquatic species
- More invasive weeds
- More tree kills by pine bark beetles
- Less water for agriculture
- More asthma
- More cardiovascular impairment
- More emergency room visits
- More missed days from school
- More keeping your windows closed during summer due to smoke
- More emotional stress during smoke season
- More breathing masks and air filters
- More deaths
What’s not to like?
This is un-American and does nothing to keep America great.
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