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by amanaplanacanal 23 days ago
If you are a rich Westerner, you'll probably be fine. It's the poor that take the brunt when these sorts of emergencies happen.
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>rich Westerner

Not quite.

These affluent countries torture themselves with terrible energy transition projects that jack up prices for everyone at the cost of more efficient alternatives.

Healthcare, nutrition, education and other programs do vastly more for quality of life improvements for the poor.

We aren't doing those either.
Yeah...I know you want to gripe, but you'll have to be more convincing.
No one is going to be fine.
Exactly