Super-rich fortify against climate change and health risks | FT Wealthy individuals and concern
Super-rich fortify against climate change and health risks | FT Wealthy individuals and concerned businesses are preparing to protect themselves from climate change and any new health emergency by tapping an increasingly bespoke range of personal services and snapping up private hideaways that are out of reach for ordinary citizens. Some are thinking even more radically and approaching companies offering climate-controlled bunkers, such as the Vivos Group.Dante Vicino, the company’s executive director, said its complex of almost 600 ex-military bunkers in the Black Hills of South Dakota had been fitted with air filters “on steroids” — which were put to the test when fires burnt in nearby Wyoming. “When rich people exit a system, it’s because it’s not working for everybody. It’s just that everyone else doesn’t have the means to exit the system,” [Abdul El-Sayed] said. -- source link
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