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The Paris agreement was not enforceable, and the US is one of the countries that has actually done most to reduce carbon output. But hey, at least the rest of
by zpeti 6y ago
The Paris agreement was not enforceable, and the US is one of the countries that has actually done most to reduce carbon output.
But hey, at least the rest of world leaders are virtue signaling about their greenness, that’ll help the planet!
- xiphias2 6y agoUS leadership was actively pushing for rolling back energy standards (that California was fighting for quite strongly). US has achieved a lot (especially Tesla) _despite_ the leadership working against it for a long time.
- j0ba 6y agoTrue. Unfortunately many still think a centrally planned system of picking winners and losers is superior to the free market, but luckily the past 4 years was enough to send capable entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk into the stratosphere (and beyond).
- leogiertz 6y agoI don’t know, we all owe Germany quite a bit for their solar subsidies.