Trump Regime to Polluters: Earth Is Doomed, So Go Hog Wild

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Trump Administration to Polluters: Earth Is Doomed, So Go Hog Wild - A new report reveals an interesting strategy on Team Trump’s part.

I think the regular progression of technology is going cut carbon emissions significantly as electric vehicles become more affordable and charging stations become more plentiful. everyone's going to want the latest tech in self driving cars and they're going to be electric. that along with industrial advancements that will reduce emissions.

Only if the electricity used to power the cars comes from renewable sources.
You also don’t see many electric cars in rural areas, I’ve never seen one.I doubt one would come up my drive,they have no ground clearance.

Oh, I think plenty of people wouldn't embrace cars that drive themselves. I know people who would never own a vehicle with automatic transmission or cruise control because they don't see it as "real driving."

The man-made global warming theory is an hoax. It is an elaborate wealth distribution scheme.

If it was real then why did the environmentalist carve out an exception for some countries to radically increase the amount of CO2 that they generate?

India will double its emissions by 2030. (Source: India to double emissions by 2030, but within Paris commitments) “In 2016, India had 369 coal-fired power plants under development totalling 243 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity. These coal-fired power plants would increase India’s coal-fired generating capacity by 123% and would exceed its projected electricity demand.”

China, the world’s largest CO2 emitter, contributing 27 per cent of the total (global emissions), has in the same period increased its emissions by 24 per cent, and plans by 2030 to have doubled them. India, the third largest emitter, has increased them by 54 per cent and plans to have tripled them. (Source: The UK will spend trillions to reduce C02 emissions while the real offenders do little)

At the end of 2017, China’s coal fleet stood at 981 GW, according to the China Electricity Council (2018) CoalSwarm estimates 12 GW were commissioned in the first six months of 2018, putting total coal power capacity at 993 GW. According to a project-by-project survey completed in July 2018 by CoalSwarm’s Global Coal Plant Tracker, 259 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity are under development in China, comparable to the total installed coal power capacity of the United States (266 GW). Since 2000, China has built 70% of the new coal power capacity added worldwide. (Source: Tsunami Warning: Can China’s Central Authorities Stop A Massive Surge In New Coal Plants Caused By Provincial Overpermitting?

How well is the Paris Climate Accord being implemented? Two years after 200 or so nations forged a new UN deal to protect the climate, output of the gases blamed for global warming surged to a record. Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use climbed 1.6% in 2017, with both emerging and developed economies contributing to the increase, according to BP data published on Wednesday. In the US, which intends to withdraw from the UN’s Paris accord, greenhouse-gas output fell for a third year. The biggest advances in emissions were in emerging nations, with a 4.4% jump in India and a 1.6% gain in China. Carbon dioxide output also rose in Brazil, Qatar and Russia, while Turkey’s jumped by 13%. In the EU, home to the world’s biggest carbon market, emissions from energy use advanced 1.5%. Greenhouse-gas output also rose in Canada. (Source: Global emissions surged to record high in 2017 — but in the US, they dropped)

How have the EU nations that signed the Paris Climate Accord fared in meeting their carbon dioxide reductions? Not a single EU state is meeting its climate targets. 23 of 28 countries rated “poor” or “very poor”. Even more embarrassing: Germany in reality has not reduced its emissions in 9 years and there are no signs this trend will change any time soon! In fact since 2007 the USA alone has reduced its CO2 emissions by approximately 700 million metric tons annually, which is in the neighborhood of Germany’s total annual output! (Source: Paris Accord Humiliation: 23 Of 28 EU States Graded “Poor” Or “Very Poor” On Achieving Climate Targets!)

So how well has the U.S. been meeting CO2 reductions? EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) estimates that U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by 861 million metric tons (14%) from 2005 to 2017. So maybe you should be giving some credit to the Trump Administration instead of just taking on the role of a talking head. [Source: url=https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=34872]U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions expected to rise slightly in 2018, remain flat in 2019[/url])

Honestly Trump's roadmap is so inefficient as to make no business sense anyway so I'm only worried about a certain percentage of said polluters.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

It's okay the democrats will take over completely in a couple of years and save the planet. If not then the only ones left will be rich white republicans living in luxury underground.

It's the totally unrepresented technocrats who have to save the planet in the mean time.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

I sincerely have to wonder how much of Trump's opinion about the earth's impending, unavoidable doom was spawned out of the ridiculous misinterpretation of Revelations by those fundies and holy rollers he associates with these days.