Lets spend trillions to possibly affect the climate by less than one degree.

Seems legit. [sarcasm]

I don't feel strongly one way or another...I'll be long gone....but, I wouldn't be surprised if one degree of change could cost more than those same trillions

There's a reason they don't call it Global Warming anymore. .. 😟

It'll prolly be more, in social and economic costs. Perpetuating the fossil fuel and coal industries will accelerate the forces that are causing sea levels to rise, potentially inundating coastal businesses and communities.

There will prolly be an international legal effort to hold the oil and gas companies responsible for the damages. Internal documents of the largest oil companies show that they have been girding for that liability tsunami internally for decades, all the while decrying the global warming climate change study a hoax.

Climate change has worsened droughts and caused expansion of desert areas all over the world, already affecting agriculture and water supplies. More violence between nations fighting for scarcer resources to feed their people will happen. Human migration resulting from starvation and violence will put increased burdens on nations that are barely able to cope...

As for Trump's rationale to withdraw, he didn't seem all that assertive in making the case. He said he was keeping a campaign promise to the coal industry, helping to create jobs and saving the US a few billions of dollars. He prolly was told the switching to sustainable energy sources, like most of the big oil companies are already initiating, will prolly create more jobs in the long run...

Gasp

Well, wind energy is a bust... ethanol sucks... environmental protectionist won't let solar fields go up cause of salamanders.. natural gas is our best solution. .. 😟

The most irrational group alive. They want to save everything from the spotted owl to the spotted ass ape. The only thing that will ever satisfy that group is for everyone to live like vegan cave people.

VHEMT, Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. I kid you not, this group exists.

a much larger reason for the decline of the coal industry than anything related to global warming/environmental protection laws/ fake science/ Paris Accords/etc, is fracking and natural gas.

Prolly true... if the gubment wanted to do somethin they should give incentives to convert cars & trucks to CNG... I'd do it... well, if it was more accessible. .. 😟

The government should install CNG stations as well. A CNG vehicle is of no use if you can not refuel it.

Ya... that's what I meant.. I'd have to o drive 40 miles the wrong way to fill up right now... 😟

But the gubment shouldn't get that involved... I was just thinking about the conversion level.. kinda like they did for adding solar panels to your house... 😟

nice catch, Drafter...you almost sounded like a libtard...by the way, the house we bought from a family of strong Christian conservatives has a solar power system that is so efficient that we haven't paid anything for electricity yet this year...we actually have several hundred dollars worth of KWH stored to help us through the summer months, when it gets really hot here...

you should share the surplus with energy deprived families of all races.

Let them eat cake...by the ocean.

F'ck that Frank... they would just let it go to waste.

true, true.

mmmm, cake.
MMMMM! Ocean

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