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G6 endorse Paris Climate Accord as US is not ready to commit
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When it's too late.
It's more simple than that. If Fox News is your source for information, which is the case for Trump, you will easily get the impression that climate change isn't a big deal and the Paris Accord (and Kyoto before it) is terrible
Raylan Targaryen
Member
My fellow Americans
I wish they would just treat us like some third world country. Leave us in the past where we clearly want to be and let the rest of the world progress without waiting for us.
This. Special interests that me and most of my party are beholden too are making this decision hard to spin. I'll wait until I get home safely before I announce pulling out. Drain the swamp!
What could the other world leaders do before he leaves Sicilia? Lead him to the ruins of the Roman theater and explaining him the Ides of March and following it up with an example?
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I think the US as a whole is missing a chance here, but states around the country are catching on to the green.
That's true. The world would be screwed, but climate change is a ELE, albiet a slow one. Civilization will not survive the worst effects of climate change.
Mass crop failures from desertification, destroyed coastal regions from rising sea levels, disruption of ocean currents, exasperating temperature fluctuations and massive storms, extinctions of many large land mammals. All this will happen over time, our children and us will suffer greatly, millions or billions will die, and its not exaggeration. This is a slow way to destroy our civilisation.
Sure society will go on in some primitive form. But nothing like it is today.
Europe can barely stand up to Turkey, right? It's pretty much impossible to ignore the world's largest economy and military
Fuck sake
funkystudent
Member
Its one of those things where America will turn around on eventually.
But that might not be until major climate related disasters wreck the coastlines where the rich white people live and kill and displace lord knows how many people.
If they want to double down on big oil and gas and coal then thats probably only going to weaken them as a exporter in the short to medium term.
Renewables are coming for the rest of the world if the US like it or not. Most civilized countries are making the shift either because they are smart like some EU countries or because their climate has been so fucked up they NEED to like China. It just seems like now the US is firmly in the "we will only do it when we need to" camp.
But that might not be until major climate related disasters wreck the coastlines where the rich white people live and kill and displace lord knows how many people.
If they want to double down on big oil and gas and coal then thats probably only going to weaken them as a exporter in the short to medium term.
Renewables are coming for the rest of the world if the US like it or not. Most civilized countries are making the shift either because they are smart like some EU countries or because their climate has been so fucked up they NEED to like China. It just seems like now the US is firmly in the "we will only do it when we need to" camp.
This is amazing.
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The Autumn Wind
Please tell me there's a photo of this.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Rubin, in Politico: "despite the highly staged events designed to pump up Trump's image, the new administration has done nothing on this trip to restore respect and admiration for US international leadership."
Color me surprised. It was a hilarious mess led by our clown.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
I need a video of that golf cart and Mario saying Welcome to Mario Kart from N64 dubbed in.
Yeah.
AstroNut325
Member
Um... No. Even the so called "moderates" and "independents" are completely ignorant towards Climate Change. Or even if they are aware of it, they just don't give a shit. They still driver their gas guzzlers, buy a bunch of stuff they don't need, eat meat in every single meal, and run the AC all day. I see this with people in Los Angeles, a liberal haven.
For new page as Acosta made follow up that I just added.
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/868479338726993920
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/868479793729339396
"Guys, I've just got too much pressure back home. My people won't let me stay in this thing! It's not my fault, it's these other people! pleaselikemeandgivemeapproval."
He's so gross.
madstarr12
Member
The American people chose Hillary Clinton, the system chose him. Hopefully people around the world understand that she did win more votes, even though the winner isn't decided based on that.
Does exactly nothing to decrease the amount of mess other nations have to clean up in Trump's wake.
As someone outside the US who understands how the Electoral College works I still think Trump's election reflects very badly on America and forever puts the lie to its culture of exceptionalist 'indispensable nation' bullshit.
The World understands that your president is an idiot endangering the whole planet.
Nobody cares about your archaic electoral system.
ClosingADoor
Member
Even better, video https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/868561789390397440
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
It still blows my mind that such important, critical decisions are now in the hands of this spiteful idiot.
Most of the world doesn't get told about your electoral system in schools etc., in their eyes people of USA chose Trump.
PdotMichael
Banned
And it would be true.
Considering last time this happen (merely a decade and half ago) the country decided to re elect one of the worst presidents (hello stupid war and start of financial crisis), I'm not quite sure this knowledge would really do much to help.
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Changes nothing. It still reflects horribly on us that we allow such uninformed people to remain that way, and we allowed the worst possible scenario to come to pass due to some idiots going Bernie or bust and other idiots voting for Donald cause he "wasn't Hilary". That's on us. We need to fix it by reminding the idiots that this is on you, all this shit is on you and to fix it in 2018 and 2020.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
What I understand is despite that there is still a shocking amount of people that still voted Trump to make it happen.
Looks like US will quit the accord
https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-t...utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-t...utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
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Everyone already knew this. In classic Trump fashion, he's a coward in front of other people, so of course he told all the other leaders he'd think about it while over there, then as soon as he doesn't have to face anyone, his true opinion comes out.
I'm not talking about people simply not giving a shit about climate change. I'm talking about actively denying it. Even on the left many people acknowledge it but dont care to change their lifestyles. That's a different issue
So like I said, if you watch Fox you will be left with the impression that it's not a big deal and that these agreements are worse. I know because I used to watch Fox all the time
To be fair, as soon as he killed Obama's Clean Power Plan the US's commitments were effectively dead in the water. Hopefully the states pick up the slack. The world somehow has to move forward without the US.