acemuzzy wrote:Yossarian wrote:I was concerned about this, but the fact is that we've reached a tipping point whereby renewables are simply cheaper and a better investment than fossil fuels, all Trump's doing is hamstringing US investment in developing the technology for this. Mayors and municipal leaders across the US are already stating publicly that they'll stick to their agreements, nobody is about to start building coal-fired power stations in America knowing that there's an excellent chance that they'll be shut down by the next president, meanwhile the rest of the world is lining up to reconfirm or strengthen commitments.
This isn't actually going to change much at all, aside from being a decision that will make Trump even less popular both at home (apparently, 69% of Americans think that the US should remain in the agreement), and across the world.
The man's a fucking idiot.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU READ SOME GUARDIAN ANALYSIS!
Yossarian wrote:Yep, but you don't need to be part of the electorate to have an opinion on Paris.
Here's the source, BTW: http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/paris_agreement_by_state/
WorKid wrote:Has he said how he'll do it; I thought legally it was difficult to get out of. Is he declaring it a "treaty"?
He's a fucking tanker.Brooks wrote:Sink the bastard and all who sail in him.
acemuzzy wrote:The Ruskies probably told him to do it, for shits and giggles.
Vela wrote:Well at least we'll get to verify what the PermiaN extinction models are like in terms of accuracy.
Diluted Dante wrote:Holy shit, even ExxonMobil, BP and Shell are in favour of it! Trump is literally worse than Big Oil.
djchump wrote:There's no profit trying to sell oil to a planet of dead people.
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