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I wasn't a fan of his personality - but hate to say that I think he did a better job than the current admin. IMO Biden needs to hurry up and make the right decision; to not run for POTUS in whatever way he wants to choose... he needs to pick some young rockstar that could keep the position w/ democrats. I don't think Biden will do that - and while I understand what yer saying about Trump maybe losing some love from his supporters - but theres gonna be a lot of middle-lefters who are fed up w/ the left... IMO.
I think if Biden runs that we'll have another 4/8 years of Trump.
What aspects you think were better under the last admin?
Whether you agree with the things he accomplished or not, he literally hit the ground running; slashing and smashing away the things he wanted to do in his presidency - I can't think of one [good] thing that BIden, or his entire administration, has done for two years. The infrastructure bill, with what it has hidden away, is the worst thing that could happen to the US IMO.
The control and oversight via government that it has baked in is simply disgusting. Vehicle BAC detection - gotta sniff between the cracks... errr wait, maybe thats a bad euphemism.
Getting the tax credit back up to 30% instead of 26% and trending downwards for individuals on solar and geothermal has been fantastic for me. That's in the infrastructure act - The Inflation Reduction Act.
Actual dollar incentives in my pocket in order to dramatically increase my personal energy efficiency while reducing my fossil fuel consumption. All while in no way directly negatively penalizing fossil fuel consumption.
That's pretty sweet.
Did the Trump administration sign any legislation to do anything in particular to incentivize renewable energy at the individual level?
So... I'm from Texas [living in OR..] and an entire industry was cut in half because of this admins cutback in oil - while some of this admins work might have saved you money and allowed you to build your personal infrastructure in a direction you agree with, the people of Midland and Odessa Texas lost 50% overnight.
And, all the workers who flocked and prospered are gone with no oil jobs to go back to.
How did the current administration "cutback" in oil? You're speaking of a for-profit industry that is famously the most boom and bust of commodities, no?
It's appropriate to flock to the future. I expect our government to be forward looking and invest in the future.
I would be disappointed to see the American government prop up the hydrocarbon industry and its move to single-use plastic production rather than incentivize the growth of renewable energy.
Is the current level of US government fossil fuel subsidies of $10-$50 billion per year too little?
They cut last admins regulations back on week 1.
So do I; we should be allowing both fossil and green.
Same.
Yes.