Congratulations, Ron DeSantis Just Eliminated Climate Change
It’s now the law: The Governor says Florida must pretend it isn’t tied to the railroad tracks on which the global-warming express is speeding.
Your welcome, Earth.
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When King Canute commanded the tide to stop, he was trying to make a point about the limits of his powers. It seems Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has far more influence over nature than King Canute could ever imagine. But that does not include the ability to solve climate change simply by declaring it doesn’t exist.
DeSantis signed a law this week requiring the state to ignore climate change when making policies. The bill also ends clean-energy grants and fuel-efficiency standards for government vehicles, encourages more natural-gas use and outlaws wind farms (not that hurricane-prone Florida will ever have any). It takes effect on July 1, when the temperature in Florida will be 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. As a result of DeSantis ending climate change by fiat, we can expect dozens of insurance companies to return to his state immediately. (As of this writing, no insurance companies had returned to Florida.)