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[–] silence7 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It's on voters to impose them by keeping him out of office

 

There has been a fair bit of discussion about what parts of the electrical supply system need to be publicly owned to enable all households to move to public ownership in order to achieve full decarbonization. The system operator, which manages day-to-day decisions about generation, is a key one in pretty much all of them.

[–] silence7 1 points 1 day ago

The problem is that we'll still have a Republican-appointed Supreme Court. It takes more than just electing a Democratic President to change things there; it takes a willing Congress and (maybe) a few justices dropping dead.

[–] silence7 1 points 1 day ago

Absolutely, but the executives started claiming that EVs would require less labor to manufacture. It's utter bullshit, but they managed to panic a bunch of the workers.

[–] silence7 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)
  • Big batteries need cooling during charging.
  • A/C units need to do heat exchange.
  • Aesthetics
[–] silence7 37 points 1 day ago

It's not as fast as I'd like either, but it's a lot better than the original USPS plan to replace them with diesel trucks.

[–] silence7 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Per the article:

as the planet warms further, the increase in risk actually falls heaviest on those swimming in money rather than floodwater.

It may not kill, but it's going to be incredibly expensive.

[–] silence7 9 points 2 days ago

It's more that there needs to be a lot more discussion of the fact that converting to EVs doesn't mean fewer jobs. So the autoworkers unions don't need to fight it.

[–] silence7 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That 'sprint to the middle' happens in every general election campaign. You can't get elected if you don't do it.

[–] silence7 1 points 2 days ago

There are examples of societies deciding to do something about that. The New Deal comes to mind.

[–] silence7 13 points 2 days ago (6 children)

To very different degrees

A ton of Democrats have turned down that money.

https://nofossilfuelmoney.org/pledges/

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