As leading experts on climate change, we often get asked if there’s hope for the planet — but it may surprise people that we find more cause for optimism than despair.
Think about this for a second. People always blame the president for gas prices, even though they don’t have as much influence as people believe. Him keeping priced reasonable keeps him elected. The world is dependent on fossil fuels right now. If we were to stop producing tomorrow, store shelves would be empty. There would be global famine. It would not be pretty. I.e. his options are bad and worse.
Local governments are where some of the most important fights are. The more municipalities reduce car dependency, the more these oil projects will be a moot point and waste of BP/Exxon/etc money.
So what are you trying to accomplish? Convince people to give up? It is possible to turn things around. I’m sure things seemed pretty hopeless in some of the first Axis occupied countries in the beginning of WW2.
So a Trump White House would be better?
Think about this for a second. People always blame the president for gas prices, even though they don’t have as much influence as people believe. Him keeping priced reasonable keeps him elected. The world is dependent on fossil fuels right now. If we were to stop producing tomorrow, store shelves would be empty. There would be global famine. It would not be pretty. I.e. his options are bad and worse.
Local governments are where some of the most important fights are. The more municipalities reduce car dependency, the more these oil projects will be a moot point and waste of BP/Exxon/etc money.
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So what are you trying to accomplish? Convince people to give up? It is possible to turn things around. I’m sure things seemed pretty hopeless in some of the first Axis occupied countries in the beginning of WW2.
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