The US allies aren’t steaming about climate change war, they are on the same page or beyond.
They aren’t happy that this is used as a thinly disguised subsidy, and as a corollary of high energy prices in Europe, an incentive to move production to the US.
Biden isn’t bringing back jobs from China, he is bringing home jobs from Europe.
RonJ
1 year ago
“US allies are steaming mad at Biden for his climate change war.”
Yet climate is going to change, just as it always has. I was just reading that northern hemisphere snow cover for this time of year was the highest in some 50 years and was above the upper deviation band on a chart.
FromBrussels2
1 year ago
The fn idiots we got for european, mostly unelected, leaders should be realising by now they ve been bamboozled big time by following their big ‘frend’ viz the empire of lies and eternal conflicts , in its war against Russia with Ukrainian cannon fodder …..Is the penny, or euro rather, finally dropping ?? Wouldn t bet my butt on it ….they re fn idiots after all …
MarkraD
1 year ago
Over the last half century the Koch Bros have spent millions in legalized bribery to elect officials who return the favor, in exchange they’ve received billions in income tax cuts.
Consumption/sin taxes are a fraud, they hit those most vulnerable, all the while entities like the Koch Bros get an easy ride despite their active efforts to subvert new technology and keep their industry excessively profitable.
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Rbm
1 year ago
I have no doubt we are responsible for a good chunk of climate change. I doubt we can do a whole lot about it until we feel enough pain. Just look at the whole covid thing.
But i do see green energy as another source of energy security and that im ok with.
Keeping jobs at home stimulating us tech seems like wins to me.
Wonder what the bean counters have to say about recouping the gov investment. Thats the rub
I have no doubt the sun and oceans are responsible for all the climate change, but I look at real science. Not political science meant to fool the ignorant masses. If you ever bothered to look at the parameters of what they look at, you would notice that our psychopathic leaders don’t count the sun and the oceans. Why? Because climate change is BS. New York was supposed to be underwater by 2012. Read that on the headlines of the NYT somewhere around 2009. I was so disappointed when that turned out to be more BS. Funny; the Florida Keys have been just 3 feet above sea levels as long as I can remember. Now, with all these rising sea levels, it’s only 3 feet above sea level. And here I thought that water rose at an even rate. Please quit allowing liars and thieves to tell you what to think about and how to think about it. It’s embarrassing.
Have you noticed all those earthquakes and vulcanoes erupting in recent months ? Go figure the insane C02 emissions being released under the circumstances ! Yeah sure EVs , solar panels , windmills and other bs will save our behinds LOL ….A cosmic event will end it all in a rather near future , nothing smart mankind can do about it. Eminent scientists KNOW that earth’s magnetic fields protecting us against solar radiation are now increasingly weakening, 5% per decade even(cf Live Science) , no need to cause panic though, ain t naught we can do about it….
Yeah, I find it hilarious that no one ever questions the so-called science. Takes about as long to figure out it’s a hoax as the scamdemic was. Which is about 5 minutes for any reasonably intelligent person. If the slaves would just think for themselves, they’d realize that everything the state says is a lie. But if they thought for themselves they wouldn’t be slaves. As for the end of the universe? Upon my death, everything ends. At least from my point of view.
Most of of the land that’s being swallowed up by the ocean is actually due to land subsidence. Not rising sea levels. The way it works is land is mostly created by volcanoes. There’s some plate tectonics that can create it also. Once the activity ends, the land starts sinking and doesn’t stop.
Does anyone ever cite the optimum global temperature? Say if the planet had a thermostat, what should it be set at? Are we above or below the theoretical optimum temperature?
Someone mentioned the real threat to our climate would be global cooling, not global warning, of 2 degrees over the same time frame. The temperature of the planet has gone through wild swings throughout its existence.
Yes, not a good idea for 8 billion humans to release most of the planets fossil fuel reserves in a short period of time. Solution is a plan featuring nuclear base load, supplemented by renewables with natural gas/battery/hydrogen for surge use.
Old credit based on number of total EV vehicles sold, country of manufacture not a condition. New credit limits to vehicles manufactured in US and components in North America.
Right now, you can get rebates on lots of foreign made cars. When will this end and be replaced with new rebate rules?
LPCONGAS99
1 year ago
Mish, I agree or maybe I should say I cannot disagree with what you say here, but at some point, aren’t there certain types of commodies, products, parts, etc, that as a country you have to produce in house? I do not mind paying more for something if it is in my countries best interest to produce that product/commodity in house. I am sure the majority of people all over the world feel the same way about their own country. I don’t care nor buy it that that is currently labeled as nationalism or anti capitalism.
Aren’t their Chinese made parts in our F-35 Fighter jets? Is it 85% of materials for antibiotics come from China? If so unless someone can guarantee me the world will always be singing Kumbaya I will never be just ok with it is always in my best interests to buy a product at its cheapest purchase price to me
The Fed had the wind of globalization at its back for decades enabling it to cut rates without stirring inflation.
Now it has the winds of de-globalization and decarbonization in its face. Whether this is good in the long term is debatable. The inflation impact now isn’t.
Steam? Nuke plants are just steam kettles turning turbines. Have GM build dozens of them with Mary Barra doing the quality checks.
so much certainty, so little knowledge…