Great points, but the truth is we are in this together. Whether they like it or not, rural folks will get hammered by floods and ever-stronger tornadoes, and high heat. Urban folks will get hammered, too. Nobody will be spared.

Climate change isn't interested in our arguments. It marches forward.

In the apartment I'm in I can easily see the apartment across the alley. Their lights are on all the time. Young people live there. It's in a city. There is nobody on either side of this debate that is handling the debate well.