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Advocate that governments cut down on soot emissions. i.e. vote. There are extremely important elections coming up in several states in November that will indi
by aaronbrethorst 7y ago
Advocate that governments cut down on soot emissions.
i.e. vote. There are extremely important elections coming up in several states in November that will indirectly decide who controls Congress for the next ten years. Voting in this off-year election, especially if you live in Virginia can make a material difference in how the United States responds to this crisis.
- hsavit1 7y agoAnd vote in the democratic primaries for politicians that don't take a moderate position on the issue. cough cough, Joe Biden is a moderate, cough cough
- xvedejas 7y agoIt's really not so simple as moderate vs progressive. For instance, Bernie Sanders does not support levying a carbon tax. I doubt he would seriously support any climate change effort that isn't ultimately part of a jobs / labor bill.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoHe supports the Green New Deal, which while part of a jobs program, is still relevant and effective policy. I don't see the problem with it being a jobs program; we need trillions of dollars of infrastructure investment, and people need jobs. A carbon tax alone is untenable, as citizens are already adverse to taxes of any sort due to irrationality. https://berniesanders.com/issues/combat-climate-change-and-pass-a-green-new-deal/ https://berniesanders.com/issues/combat-climate-change-and-p...
- api 7y agoVoting won't help in China, and most democratic countries have scrubbers on coal plants and tend to be phasing out coal.
- aaronbrethorst 7y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/climate/epa-coal-power-scrubbers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/climate/epa-coal-power-sc...
- api 7y agoThis doesn't even touch Chinese coal emissions. The latter are easily visible from space, and unlike ours are recently deployed and continue being built.