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>The US isn't trying to justify inaction You guys just signed the Paris Agreement this year. >cumulative contributions isn't useful for anything It's the rea
by soperj 5y ago
>The US isn't trying to justify inaction
You guys just signed the Paris Agreement this year.
>cumulative contributions isn't useful for anything
It's the reason we're in the predicament we're in.
>long before climate science existed or before technology existed anywhere to reduce emissions.
You've known about it since the 80s. You haven't reduced emissions since then. Technology has existed for a long time to reduce emissions.
- throwaway894345 5y agoFriend, you’re the one using historic emissions to excuse everyone’s inaction. Anyway, this conversation has gone stale. I hope you got whatever nationalistic satisfaction you were looking for.
- soperj 5y agoI'm not excusing anyone's inactions. I'm saying the US has to do more. Period. Full Stop.
- throwaway894345 5y ago> I'm saying the US has to do more. I said this twice up thread but you were unsatisfied and continued your anti-American rant. Whatever, I'm glad that we agree now.
- soperj 5y agoSaying it while also justifying their current policy doesn't make what I'm saying an anti-American rant.
- throwaway894345 5y ago> Saying it while also justifying their current policy You're back-pedaling. I was explicitly critical of US climate policy. My two claims have consistently been: "The US isn't doing enough" and "the US is still doing better than China, which continues to increase its emission rate". You brought up cumulative numbers as a rebuttal to those claims.
- soperj 5y agoI'm not.
- throwaway894345 5y agoIf you say so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe lack of meaningful taxes on gasoline to prevent wide swaths of the population from buying F150s and other large vehicles to pick up kids from school clearly shows where the US stands.