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by nec4b 2441 days ago
You are being overtly obtuse at this point. Have you never witnessed a natural disaster where people homes were burned, flooded or leveled by earth quakes so bad that they had to move?
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That doesn't answer my question at all.

Who pays?

And, what do natural disaster have to do with it? We're talking about a human-caused disaster in the making orders of magnitude greater than Bhopal.

Surely those companies, organizations, people, and countries which profited from petroleum extraction, including by telling lies about the impact of their work, should pay compensation, yes?

Or are you one of those people who believes in privatizing profits and socializing risk?

Do you honestly think insurance will cover it? Because I remember Hurricane Andrew, when 11 insurance companies went bankrupt from the claims filed.

Again, we can look to the Okie experience - the Dust Bowl was caused by soil mismanagement by humans - as a relevant historical example. Why shouldn't we expect something like that again?