I'm a white male who voted Biden. Why?

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[–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Since you say "The US if far below what the Paris climate accord was aiming for", what is the target metric you're referring to? I'm not saying I distrust you, but it's the first time I've heard this claim.

[–]Tarrock 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

carbon emissions.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=43615#:~:text=U.S.%20energy%2Drelated%20carbon%20dioxide%20(CO2)%20emissions%20declined%20by,in%20the%20past%20five%20years.

We've been going down in the last few years. Meanwhile other countries are continuing to rise up.

The Paris Climate accord was just a way to redistribute money from rich countries to poorer ones with no accountability. Most of the money was going to go to nations where you know the money would've ended up in the friendly neighbor warlord's pocket. Not to mention, China's carbon goals requested that they lowered their emissions by 2030, but like I said, it had no teeth, so they were free to take the money and run.

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    [–]One_Jack_MoveLibertarian Party 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    Why do nations (like China) get a "Developing" pass?

    [–]wecandobetter 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    That IS the billion dollar question, isn't it

    [–]One_Jack_MoveLibertarian Party 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    I'll say the REAL reason they are getting a pass: They make our cheap shit for us!

    If they had to reduce their emissions, they could no longer undercut the prices.

    [–]wecandobetter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    That's probably the right answer. I was thinking about that the other day. Companies keep moving manufacturing from cheap shithole to cheap shithole, moving on whenever labor costs start rising. But they're running out of shitholes. The end-state of globalization, unchecked, would be a world-wide equalizing of wealth and labor-leverage. Wealthier people demand things like clean air and water and nature parks and fewer 8-limbed babies. They can't have that. So they have to somehow artificially freeze certain areas in filthy cheapness, bake in a permanent underclass if you will.