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n2doc

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5. They are too busy making money off of climate change

Reply to elias7 (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 10:10 AM

Feb 2014

Disruption is what makes the big bucks. The housing market was disrupted, banks made trillions and continue to do so off of selling and buying distressed real estate. The big oil companies know what's coming and already are working on making money off of it.

Commodity traders are making a killing of of skyrocketing food prices.

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Drought SamKnause Feb 2014 #3

And when it's all gone/ruined, Jeebus will come and rapture their butts away n/t n2doc Feb 2014 #6

Exactly SamKnause Feb 2014 #7

This is what I don't get about climate change deniers elias7 Feb 2014 #4

They are too busy making money off of climate change n2doc Feb 2014 #5

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When the water is gone HoosierCowboy Feb 2014 #14

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cool map love to see how much is farmland today 21 years later. Sunlei Feb 2014 #18

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