What Biden has done is to cut the issuance of drilling leases to the minimum required by law, pass the Inflation Reduction Act, enact a regulation to force vehicle electrification, and similarly force fossil fuels out of most power plants.

What Biden has not done: stop issuing drilling permits or impose export restrictions on fossil fuels. The former has some serious limits because of how the courts treat the right to drill as a property right once you hold a drilling lease, and the latter is simply untested.

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    It’s all just a shitshow and we seem to be at the “fuck it, let’s ramp this up to 11” stage of self-extermination.

    meanwhile a third of the people are saying “oh we’ve got time, we just have to convince the people to come together and unify”

    and another third that’s saying “FUCK YOU I HAVE FIREARMS AND WILL ROLL COAL AS MUCH AS I WANT I WILL LITERALLY SPEW OIL! I AM ANGRY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE PAINT CHIPS AND LEADED FUEL EXPOSURE OF MY YOUTH AND ZERO HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WILL PUNISH EACH AND EVERY OTHER HUMAN BEING WITH MY EFFLUENCE.”

    We’re stuck between kumbaya unity types and petrofascists meanwhile the world is COOKING.

    Meanwhile the Shell, Exxon & BP execs are just happy no one’s coming after them yet.

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      510 months ago

      meanwhile a third of the people are saying “oh we’ve got time, we just have to convince the people to come together and unify”

      We already have critical mass in the US. We are the elephant leashed with a string:

      https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32412-y

      We just need to start acting and ensuring our decision makers know that the majority want them to act too if they value getting relected.

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        410 months ago

        no we don’t. we have half the population supporting a party that literally doesn’t see a climate crisis and wants to keep pumping more oil.

        Tell me how to get sane legislation passed in a two party system when half literally don’t see any problem at all.

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              110 months ago

              From the article:

              “While 66–80% Americans support these policies, Americans estimate the prevalence to only be between 37–43% on average.”

              I’d say 2/3 is more than enough. It doesn’t all have to be at the national level. City govs could rezone to reduce car usage. State govs could give tax breaks for employees that telework.

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                110 months ago

                the vast majority of americans support sane gun regulation but that’s not happening either. I guess I have to explain how the GOP runs the house, and set the legislation to be passed up to the senate, and are on the take of the gun and petroleum lobbies?

                really?

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                  110 months ago

                  Again, it doesn’t all have to be at the federal level. State and local governments can take action that would be impactful.

                  What these numbers mean are some of the GOP is going to have to flip or they will lose in the primaries.

                  What is the alternative other than complain about the state of politics?

                  The way I see it, we should take the wins that we get, and celebrate them loudly in the hopes that it will drive more wins.

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                    110 months ago

                    Again, it doesn’t all have to be at the federal level. State and local governments can take action that would be impactful.

                    this is already happening; see CA. But it’s not going to be enough to stop the idiots from driving the bus over the cliff (odds are very good that the wheels on the bus are already going round-and-round in midair).

                    I’m glad you’re optimistic, and not trying to bring anyone down, but from my perspective, we’re gonna be arguing with the chuds and luddites until they literally cook.