I wish you econazis would make up your minds,lol. Are we going to be flooded with climate refugees up here or will our small towns dry up and never be seen again?!

Businesses not related to the tourism industry will rise to replace whatever jobs are lost due to our transition into a warmer climate. I have to wonder why so many are simping so hard for an industry that makes it all but impossible for anyone but the well off to live here?

Nah

Wow even grandmas gonna have weed now.

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.

Personally, I can do without all the snow, ice, and cold weather. But I know that it means more hard times for people who make their living, or at least part of their living, from wintertime activities in VT. Fewer people visiting ski mountains. Fewer people for all the businesses and services associated with the ski mountains and other winter tourism. Fewer people riding snowmobiles and doing all those outdoor winter motorsports activities. Hard for people who make money plowing snow in the winter when there is no snow.

It means reduced tax income for the state and probably more people who will need all kinds of state-sponsored assistance too, because they lost their winter jobs and/or much of their income. Though, without the super cold temps and ice/snow, heating costs are going to be lower for everyone and towns won't have to pay as much for plowing and sand/salt for the roads. Not much of a silver lining though.

> if it means Vermont is as cold as it's supposed to be

Depends on what slice of the geological record you care to cherry pick i guess. Periods of warming have overall been beneficial to humanity.

yes! January and no snow on the ground is bullshit! i'm defecting to Canada if this keeps up.

Ya its absolutely disgusting. Remember, these fucks vote. No wonder the planet is going to hell

No, they won't. The region around Jay doesn't have enough people to support the variety of small businesses. The people come for the ski hill and spend their money in the surrounding areas, making it possible for them to exist

" But a request for a search warrant that was approved by a judge on Dec. 22 says the missing property included a Rolex wristwatch and other items seized by narcotics investigators and Burlington police on Nov. 22."

I'm unclear as to whether the search warrant was for the trooper's house. If it was, how does the lawyer explain the "other items"?

I can’t believe how little some people care about the planet we live on

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

>the ski hills close, countless small businesses will go under.

And others will rise to replace them.

It’s freaking me out. I really wish I was as chill about it as some in this thread but it feels so so wrong.

I fucking put mine on when the temps were 55. It felt so dumb listening to the clack clack clack of the studs hitting the ice free pavement. Fuck this weather. I thought my depression was bad enough in the winter. Now its just grey and rainy and I can't do shit. Hiking trails are muddy, skiing is trash, skateparks are soaked. ugh

I don’t know if the state has “made” money or ever will make money off drug sales.

I’m all for legal pot from a freedom stand point, but there will be real, ongoing costs associated with legal drugs over the long term.

The government “made” money off cigarette taxes too, until the health care costs exploded and ate all that revenue and more in the out years.

I would be interested to see the cost of regulation, enforcement, expansion of state government and government services for drug abusers be tallied and projected so we can see if there is actually a net financial gain to the state’s coffers.

Really hoping this starts to bring the prices now because the current pricing does not beat the illegal market

Rude

Before downvoting me, please understand I realize snow and winter is a necessary cycle in the region.

Do I miss it? Not really. I don't ski anymore, as I'm physically unable. I don't have snowmobiles or ATVs. And I generally dislike cold weather (anything below 15°F). I'm one who finds winter depressing. Overcast skies for days on end, cold and uncomfortable, short days and long nights... it affects me.

HOWEVER, I do know it is needed for many reasons. Ecosystem being the main reason, of course. And seeing Vermont's biggest tourism drive is skiing and winter sports, yeah, it's needed. (Obviously, there is more to it than the ecosystem or skiing. I am just giving very simple examples.)

Considering so many people commute a good distance to work, I'd say the lack of accidents on the highways is great.

Crimes of despair

This has been my biggest joy this year lol

I mean this in the most vitriolic way possible, go fuck yourself. What an ignorant load of horseshit. The lack of concern for the local ecosystems that rely on cold winters is incredibly selfish.

Many iconic species such as moose and lynx may go extinct in Vermont in the coming decades. Not to mention the myriad other less known, but ultimately important, species of plants and animals that rely on consistent cold temperatures.

The water cycle in the area is also dependent on large snow melts in the spring, and loosing that may be devastating for local agriculture.

The economy will also be devastated by the warming winters. Ski resorts are incredibly important to the economy of the region, especially in more remote areas. Not only do they directly drive the economy, but they also indirectly drive traffic to local small businesses. I'd the ski hills close, countless small businesses will go under.

Yep. Nothing is more miserable than a rainy winter.

Admittedly, I did buy XC skis during the off-season. That must have contributed.