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Hurricanes are getting so strong in a warming world that a Category 6 intensity should be added to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale, a new study finds.

Why it matters: The research shows how significantly climate change is altering storm intensity and other characteristics, as well as further underscoring the limitations of the scale.

Reality check: The paper, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, does not represent an official move by the National Hurricane Center to add another hurricane category.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
    2·
    9 months ago

    I was asked for a “legislative” solution in a world without a global legislature. I answered that question.

    My “solution” is a wealth tax, targeting the registered securities of the obscenely rich, on the basis that their influence destabilizes the market and the economy, causing harm to the American people.

    I would expect other nations to follow suit, and clamp down on their own billionaires in short order.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I would expect other nations to follow suit, and clamp down on their own billionaires in short order.

      Why would the House of Saud do that?

      Why would Lukashenko do that?

      Why would Vladimir Putin do that?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          I see… so your plan is to make billionaires illegal in the U.S., hope that other countries do to, but if they don’t, hope for a revolution, and if that revolution doesn’t come, commit war crimes in their countries.

          I’m sure the U.S. assassinating a Russian billionaire inside Russia won’t have any serious repercussions.

          But hey, global thermonuclear war will end global warming, so I guess you did come up with a solution.

          • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
            1·
            9 months ago
            1. Not illegal. Taxed on their excesses until they are pulled from the stock market.
            2. Louis XVI was not deposed by Americans, but by French citizens. That act was not a war crime. It wasn’t even an act of war.
            3. The last time a private, foreign individual directly harmed American citizens, we ended up dumping his carcass in the Arabian sea. That was an act of warfare, but it certainly was not a war crime.
            4. When they leave US markets, they no longer pose a threat to US citizens. Problem solved, without the bounty on their heads. If they want to do business in the US, they can demand their governments impose a similar cap on their wealth.

            If they are as rich as an independent nation, I see no reason why we shouldn’t treat them as an independent nation.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              2·
              9 months ago

              I’m pretty sure billionaires are a threat to the world, not just the U.S.

              And, yes, I get that you think nuclear war is a solution, you’ve already made that clear.

              • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
                11·
                9 months ago

                Is it true that Jeff makes you put on an Amazon vest and call him “Daddy” while he’s plowing your ass?

                  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    I didn’t insinuate that you worship Jeff Bezos. I insinuated that you call him Daddy while he rails you.

                    I figure if you’re going to present bald-faced lies about my position, turnabout is fair play.

                    If Jeff Bezos wants to be richer than some nations, we can treat him like the autocratic ruler of a nation. When an autocratic nation brings harm to Americans, we do something about it.