hideous-boy t1_j30p424 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 6:22 AM

Reply to comment by hunny_bun_24 in anyone else miss the snow? it's currently 35°F and raining. by mossybishhh

Vermont's ecosystem is designed for a different climate than what's coming to the state

also a huge chunk of the state's current economic activity comes from the money brought in from ski resorts and resort towns. All of that collapses if the snow stops. Fake snow will not keep those resorts running in the same way

ceiffhikare t1_j319yg3 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 10:45 AM

GOOD! VT's current economic ecosystem needs to go extinct! We have to adjust our lives and economies to the world we actually live in not the one those in the capital would like to where the state stays the scenic playground for the 10%.

Enachtigal t1_j31dmgi wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:30 AM

You will be banking on desperate climate refugees and the rest of the US going to shit. With crappy snow, long dark cold and rainy winters and small mountains VT won't be that attractive to people.

ceiffhikare t1_j31ibay wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:21 PM

We need to double and triple down on "Made in VT" so our people who reside here all year around can get paid enough to actually live in VT. We will always have tourism, skiing/wintersports, and agriculture.. we just need more of the rest of the industries that make up a functional economy too!

ScarletRead t1_j321y14 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 3:01 PM

I’m sorry this is absurd. Climate collapse is not an opportunity

ceiffhikare t1_j323juh wrote on January 5, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Every crisis is an opportunity. We need to figure out how to adapt to a changing planet if we are ever going to exist off this one. Im all for eliminating our dependence on FF, but not if its going to just make a different group of folks rich,off a different set of problematic resources, while main street folks still get screwed on the monthly utilities.