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A bit sad how pessimistic everyone is. Renewables are currently becoming the most economic way to produce electricity and even states that do not care about the environment are investing in it. EVs are making progress as well. And while it is true that a lot of damage has already been done and we will face the consequences, I also feel that decarbonization is inevitable even from a economic perspective at this point. The speed at which this happens is variable though and determines how many people will die, this is why it is important to not be pessimistic and hopeless but to try steering things in the right direction.
Americans are pessimistic because we don't have a functional democracy and our fascist oligarchs are too stupid to use their resources to fight climate change.... And the rest of the world is pessimistic because the world's most powerful economy and military has fallen to fascist oligarchy.
Nothing will change until we abolish the billionaires and replace our two party system with a modern multiparty parliamentary system with proportional representation
USAmericans have a religious attachment to fossil fuels that I can't understand. "Drill baby drill" isn't even economically viable and yet has become a call to prayer for many US politicians.
It's rich people who want to keep being rich without risking going into a different thing.
Please stop attributing it to everyone, it's really annoying
Who is voting for them and why do they win elections if there isn't a substantial of people who support the idea? "Drill baby drill" isn't a secret, it is what Republicans have been running on for over a decade.
Just slightly more people (who bother to vote) than who don't. Doesn't make it 100%, it's not rocket science.