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Amazing what you can do when you don’t have elections. Edit: I’m 100% for renewables. Unfortunately half my country is against them and they won last time.
by linotype 1y ago
Amazing what you can do when you don’t have elections.
Edit: I’m 100% for renewables. Unfortunately half my country is against them and they won last time.
- softwaredoug 1y agoSolar and Wind are some of the most popular forms of energy generation https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/americans-views-on-energy-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/ https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/americans-vie...
- Kye 1y agoRepresentative democracy in name only, for it is neither.
- ruined 1y agothe central committee is actually trying to slow it down https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/07/china-moves-to-curb-solar-overcapacity-stabilize-pricing/ https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/07/china-moves-to-curb-s...
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoClimate action and renewables has always been very popular with voters. Since political action has consistently lagged popular support I'd suggest that you'd need to look outside elections to see what is holding the west back on this.
- nielsbot 1y agoPopular but I guess not a top concern with voters for one thing. Also the influence of money on US politics is anti-progress.
- mastax 1y agoPopular in the abstract, unpopular if you ask how much voters are willing to spend or sacrifice for it.
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoThis is just a talking point put about by climate deniers since dealing with climate change is cheaper than the alternative. It's no different from Fox News headlines saying Medicare for all would cost X billion and not mentioning that business as usual would cost twice that. An attempt to turn a popular, cheaper option into a scary bogeyman with selective lies.
- bognition 1y agoAmazing what you can do when the ruling class hasn’t spent the last 40 years undermining education and gutting services.
- linotype 1y agogestures broadly at things I have no control over and things I wish didn’t happen
- 8note 1y agoi dont think that the US, without elections, would suddenly go on a renewables building spree. the same interests that prevent it today would still exist
- 93po 1y agoif you're going to list the strengths of china, one of the biggest ones is unironically having leadership that doesnt get interrupted in massive ways every 4 years. i'm not going to debate the negative parts of that, clearly it is also problematic, but despite the negative aspects it has factually largely contributed to their strength and prosperity