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more peace
You wish.
Cos a lot of this environmental talk is shorthand for "you can have a mess over there, but not over here"
Not necessarily, the focus is (or at least should be) on renewable. Just hand the keys over to Elon ;)
There is a nice bit in here about anti-solar people in the states (2-ish mins in):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaBB7lTyjk
amey-
Oh great, I hope he's not going to go the way France went: We have one asshole, let's bomb the shit out of everyone.
I agree the focus SHOULD be on renewables, but I have a very angry Canadian friend on FB who simply doesn't understand why the USA doesn't want a pipeline cos environment but is happy to buy ME oil. He's not entirely wrong.
Now if the government wants renewables but offers the jobs first to oil workers/ex oil workers/ex factory workers that can work too.
California invested a lot, created a lot of jobs, the model is just around the corner. If the USA needs to do a Norway and sell oil to invest in the change of infrastructure, so be it.
But perhaps Trump is going to get ME oil and local oil and just use up more and we are nowhere ;) And there's a strong anti science link in his mates. Cos...science is for experts and we hate them, until we need a doctor or a mechanic or another expert ;)
JWestland
I am going to play devils advocate here:
USA stops buying SA oil, and drills its own and buys Canada oil. No need to get involved in ME anymore, more peace.
Cos a lot of this environmental talk is shorthand for "you can have a mess over there, but not over here".
[of course creating jobs by also building a shitload of solar panels and windmills and hydro plants is better, but hey...]