Joe Biden
Climate warning
Climate warning
Ingmar Rentzhog
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White House calls on OPEC to boost oil production 2 days after IPCC report!
The White House is calling on OPEC and its oil-producing allies to boost production in an effort to combat climbing gasoline prices, amid concerns that rising inflation could derail the economic recovery from Covid.
WTF! I can’t really believe this!
The concern should be about devastating climate change! Not economic inflation!
I am stunned. Joe Biden must stop this madness. US can never be taken seriously if this is how they act!
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/08/11/as-gas-prices-rise-white-house-says-opec-action-is-simply-not-enough-calls-for-ftc-scrutiny.html
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AOC New Obama
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Does High Oil Prices act like a tax and a disincentive to Drive ?
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Not really. Here in France, there were just protests. Nobody drove any less.
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For the vast majority of people in the US, getting around by car is the only realistic option for transport. The distances are long and there is only public transportation in the major cities. As well there is extremely little charging infrastructure for EVs, beyond commuting to work (e.g. charging at home), and still mostly in urban areas. So gas prices are not a good fiscal instrument for encouraging transition, they can only be used for revenue generation (tax). Note that better regulation and fiscal instruments are minimum fuel efficiency standards, and purchasing subsidies, these have proven to work.
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@BeeVee Fair Enough Mate. Must Just be me.
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@douglas_marett Good Insights Douglas
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@douglas_marett At the risk of widening the divide between city and country, the obstacle for city folk is only price. Underwrite or offer massive discounts for a vehicle working just as well as combustion engines and throw in a huge campaign to frame it like participators are Earth Savers.. or some such. I really think getting us off that teat is going to be the biggest hurdle: why not start with that? We know opinions are formed emotionally. Make people feel like they're doing something positive like they're participating in the future and not like they're giving something up or they're sacrificing and they will flock in droves to buy these products and thus starve the oil companies. Biden promised his Goldmeyer-Sachs constituency that he was going to maintain the old normal and that's what he's doing. We have to make them see the new normal is so much better than the old normal that they can't even begin to compare. In fact, as much as I love AOC, and I truly do love AOC! having someone like Biden spearhead this kind of change might be the best thing we could possibly come up with as an idea to radically shift people's consciousness in this country. There's only one thing for sure and that is the future is going to be incredibly different than it's been so far. Not everyone is going to get on board with this no radical shift of consciousness let's make it possible for the people who stay old normal to come along for the ride and be okay. I mean like the salt of the earth mom and pop people not just business as usual folks.
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Several indicators indicate the need to change the economic systems, and some are still following the same systems that are leading the earth towards destruction!
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There's still a fixation with our current economic model and it's failing to address the problem. We need Kate Raworth's Doughnut economics and Jason Hickel's degrowth.
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Her doughnut economics is a brilliant summing up of a fair and sustainable idea
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When are we taking this shit to the streets. They clearly don't get it from science and letter writing alone. We need a mass strike!
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Reality Check: US families are programmed since they are a child - to buy things as advertised, it was first TV then banner ads, now internet ads. So they bought cars, then SUVs and in rural (non-urban) areas a person have to drive at least 5 miles to get groceries, its like a family time for them. In urban areas - people can order groceries online (well US was pretty late in this area). US families don't spend their entire salaries or income on gas. Their major cost of living are housing, healthcare & education & now food, real healthy food without chemicals and high processed food is really costly than what people buy at grocery stores. Example: Organically grown veggies, fruits and cereals, wheat bread etc. (NO: Walmart does not sell this, neither 80% of grocery stores or Whole Foods. They mostly sell whatever is highly profitable, with ton of added sugar and salt, chemicals etc.) A real healthy bread will cost ~$3.99 per loaf (prior to pandemic inflation), now its avg $4.99 or more. I added .99 - as per the US super market labels. To buy "relatively" healthy bread people generally go to farmers market or organic stores or if there is ALDI nearby. ALDI is a Germany supermarket chain, however they don't sell everything healthy either, but choices are more and cost efficient. Gas is not even 10% of monthly budget. Even if its a trades professional person driving pickup truck for work, that person can write off the cost of gas, vehicle maintenance etc as expenses as tax rebate in work related expenses. Narrative: Quote from CNBC news article "The president recognizes that gas prices can put a pinch on the family budget," said a senior White House official, who asked not to be identified to speak candidly about the issue. "He'd like his administration to use whatever tools that it has to help address the cost of gas, to help bring those prices down."
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Disheartening to say the least, what more do they need to understand the crisis we’re in?
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This is so disheartening. I hoped Biden would be better than this and find green solutions to help the economy. This won’t help anyone.
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Yah this is so disheartening to hear. I was really rooting for this new  administration. I’m not sure why they would make this move…
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As long as they keep choosing profit over planet, soon there’ll be no planet…. And guess what…. No profits to reap either!
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I despair! WTF is wrong with these fools! If this is how they react we really are stuffed!
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This is disgraceful. I thought Biden was meant to be pro the environment.
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Amid concerns about... Blah blah blah.... The ONLY concern the president has is making sure he stays in power.
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Oil prices need to go off the god damn charts. Everytime they try to push them down the complacency kicks in and urgency evaporates. America also subsidizes oil and gas companies (the most profitable businesses in the world next to military contractors) so let's just all hope this catastrophe of a nation falls.
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$4 Oil
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Lady liberty needs to seriously restore her dignity! Come on USA, you're better than this. The new mission is clear - One planet, 17 Goals. The transition is now..... You can do this America.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/11/climate-action-bargain-britain-net-zero
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Obviously both Biden and Trudeau and other global “so-called leaders” have no clue ….. at all …. As money and power and profits and asset managers are not going to help us recover from COVID …. While in the meantime our planet is REALLY on fire.
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Politics are strange, we are still ill-prepared for change. And a majority will accept one consequence and dismiss something (closer to home) else!
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Why arent there secret assasins killing people who threat the environment in this way?
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I think the way to combat rising oil prices, is to cap prices in the US and force production down and ramp up renewable energy sources and electric vehile design development and production, not use what is there at all but have a pinpoint focus, you can't drive cars on a dead or dying planet
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Of course you can drive cars on a dying planet. People all over the world do it every day. There'll be plenty of gas available for the last Volvo on Earth....
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Just an utter joke.
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Omg this is unbelievable
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The invisible hand 🖐️ on one side... The GHG emissions will go on the accounts of OPEC countries and not the US. And on the other side... Use the call for lower gas prices (oil increase), as a short term political tool to gain congress support (or not increase ammunition for Republicans) for the US$ 1T Infrastructure Bill and the new US$ 3.5T Health, Education, Climate Bill. He is moving the pawns ♟️on the chess board.
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Unfortunately we don't have time for our leaders to play chess.
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And OPEC is -as always - more than eager to oblige. https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/663e2d4a-ebad-48b0-b0f6-f3f60f035255
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Here it happens again: The science is presenting facts and policy makers do the opposite. I mean WTF? In the end, they stand before the mics and say Sorry, we should have done better. It really makes me mad!
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As the French would say "What of nine?"
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One step forward and two steps back
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This is more than two steps back. It is opening the door to oil-hell
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And Joe was supposed to be a green president... I am so disappointed
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Yes! I am so angry about this! One thing is not to do enough or nothing. But this! I think we must have younger leaders that will feel the consequences of their own decisions.
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@Rentzhog I'm disappointed because I thought it would be different but business is still "winning"
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And so it begins….after all the hype and promises, the Democrats have settled back into their tried and true antics of doing SFA. We are on the precipice and Joe decides to start singing old ABBA songs, “Money,money, money” (no disrespect intended to any Swedish followers out there!)
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Hottest ever temperature in Europe today and they’re still doing this… But on the other hand it’s quite exciting because the longer humanity keeps doing the wrong thing, the bigger the changes will be when we finally get our acts together. And hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy that utopia for a while before we starve to death.
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Looks like even the President could not do any thing significant for the environment.
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He is speeding up the destruction.
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😔
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The ultimate litmus test for any green ambition, target, or commitment is the all-powerful "bottom line." I have yet to see a single factor that is capable of compelling leaders to abandon their climate goals and commitments. The fact that this is happening just two days after the troubling IPCC report demonstrates how unconcerned some leaders are about the facts that threaten our existence. It shouldn't always be profit over planet!
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That's just unbelievable...
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Outrageous
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Scandalous!