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One of my fears that we’ll commit politically to a course that’ll head us over a climate tipping point. For example, if we vote climate delayists or outright denialists into office, the next change to vote them out again might be years down the line.
And representation is just one aspect where this can happen; budget proposals is another big one (the Inflation Reduction Act comes to mind) as is other legislation. Pipeline projects, gas deals…
Biden has been the worst president of all time and now Trump and Haley are both pledging to be even worse with their drill crazy policies.
It’s a race to the bottom with these guys.
The way polls stand right now, Trump is looking to win the presidential election. That would not be OK.
Looking at just the eco system, it’s like “OK, things look bad, but we could reverse things”. But then taking the whole decision-making apparatus of FPTP, PACs, DNC/RNC, emergent properties of the election system and political financing and wedge issues and gasoline populism—things look much worse.
While in France the ancom toolbox is being appropriated by gasoline populists using it to fight climate regulations, and in Russia the corrupt oligarch regime is committed to drill mania.
All those “peak oil” fucks from last century are looking pretty damn wrong now. As I said back then and still saying now: We need to leave it in the ground. What’s in the ground isn’t the limit, what’s in the sky is. The lithosphere is limited but it’s still more than the atmosphere can handle.
Trump and Haley say they would drill more oil. Is that possible? - E&E News by POLITICO