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Climate change: How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly
- Proven 6y agoWin-win situation for American socialists: increase number of state-dependent businesses and create more unemployment to increase the number of state-dependent voters. If you like your gold now, you'll love it when Biden & Co get their hands behind the wheel!
- core-questions 6y ago> A similar mobilization will be necessary for the US to decarbonize its economy fast enough to avert the worst of climate change. The US can't even mobilize enough to stop itinerant students from destroying downtown cores. What makes anyone think that this kind of mobilization is even remotely possible without drastic political changes? To make these kinds of changes you'd need the strongman to end all strongmen. Unless there's someone waiting in the wings for such a role that we can all get behind, it ain't gonna happen. This article is wishful thinking in the extreme.