U.S. Supports ‘Largely’ Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, John Kerry Says at Climate Summit | There is growing pressure at COP28 to proclaim an end to coal, oil and gas.

silence7 · 7 months ago

U.S. Supports ‘Largely’ Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, John Kerry Says at Climate Summit | There is growing pressure at COP28 to proclaim an end to coal, oil and gas.

spudwart@spudwart.com · 7 months ago

Wake me up when they actually commit.

silence7 · 7 months ago

A full phase-out won’t happen in the term of any one officeholder. What we do see is the US using tools like the Inflation Reduction Act and a host of regulatory decisions to get decarbonization started.

Justin@lemmy.jlh.name · edit-2 7 months ago

Sure, but why sell fossil cars with 20 year lifespans when we’re supposed to be carbon neutral in 26 years?

Countries may not be carbon neutral in 8 years, but there will be carbon neutral countries in 16 years. The US isn’t on that path yet.

silence7 · 7 months ago

Would be great, but Congress hasn’t been on board with that - every Republican voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, and you can’t do a non-budget thing without a 60% supermajority in the Senate, which the Democrats didn’t have.

Biden is using regulation to speed up EV adoption, though the limits of the “Major Questions Doctrine” the courts invented mean that it won’t get us to 100% electric.