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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9745434
This comes after Trump promised the oil executives he’d end all decarbonization efforts in exchange for a billion dollars, and made it possible for Trump to start outraising Biden for the first time
If you’re reading this, and you’re an American, it’s on you to actually be a counterweight to this. That means:
- Make sure you’re registered to vote — you’ll need to register for the first time if you turned 18, and will need to update yours if you moved, changed name, or simply had your registration purged by Republican officials
- Volunteer. Phone banking and such are help, but if you’re able to, travel to volunteer in-person and talk to people.
- Donate. Give what’s ok for you, not more. If you’re well-off enough to show up for an in-person fundraiser and tell officials why you’re donating, that’s amazing.
Again, were talking about production, you keeping being up emissions.
How do you still think those are the same things?
We’ve legitimately had this discussion a dozen times now…
And that’s not even what’s happening, the actual line of emissions goes up when Bident took office, starts predicting at 2021, and they were immediately wrong…
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/climate/us-carbon-emissions-2022.html
Look at your graph. It predicts a massive decrease. And instead we actually saw further increase…
It’s literally and factually wrong.
What do you think it proves?
The bill passed in late 2021. Less than 1/10 of the money it allocates for decarbonization has been spent yet. Key provisions didn’t even kick in until this year.
So no, you can’t judge its impact by what happened in the months immediately after passage. Particularly when US emissions started dropping again in 2023: