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>Most political systems have two main parties competing for power I disagree. While this is true for some (US, UK), it's not true for other democracies (Spain,
by TremendousJudge 5y ago
>Most political systems have two main parties competing for power
I disagree. While this is true for some (US, UK), it's not true for other democracies (Spain, Germany), and even less true for more authoritarian systems (Russia, China). Some countries have political systems that are actually able to make long term decisions.
>Although both parties broadly agree that climate change is bad
True in some places, but not in others, such as Russia, Brazil, or (most importantly) the US.
While I agree that decarbonization is really hard, and in part due to the reasons you listed, they are also not as universal as you paint them out to be.
- hardtke 5y agoAgree -- here in California where we only have one relevant political party the California Energy commission has been able to impose energy efficiency requirements for appliances and buildings that have had a huge positive impact on our energy usage per capita. We've also had EPICS like the tax credit and ability to drive in the carpool lane for hybrids and later electric cars. At a US national level we have partisan trench warfare exacerbated by a Senate dominated by small states and supermajoritarian voting rules. It's not entirely untrue that the the continued existence of the US Senate is incompatible with a future habitable planet.