@silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 28 days agoHere’s the Populist Climate Message Harris Should Embrace | The fossil fuel economy is a scam. Ending it will save people money.newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
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minus-square@silence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilink3•28 days agoVia a managed phase-out. You can: Stop making ICE vehicles. Improve public transport Encourage the manufacture of ebikes and electric cars. Reduce oil extraction All at once. I’ll also note that the US is a huge oil exporter. As such, sharply reduced extraction would largely cause pain to the oil industry and overseas.
minus-square@OccamsRazer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•27 days agoThat’s fine, but completely screws over rural people. You would need subsidies or something if you live outside metro areas.
minus-square@silence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilink1•27 days agoMuch of rural life is already subsidized. No problems with that.
minus-square@Johnmannesca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•28 days agoMass transit uses hydrogen fuel cells in some cities, so this is feasible if we adopt hydrogen fuel cells nationwide
Via a managed phase-out.
You can:
All at once.
I’ll also note that the US is a huge oil exporter. As such, sharply reduced extraction would largely cause pain to the oil industry and overseas.
That’s fine, but completely screws over rural people. You would need subsidies or something if you live outside metro areas.
Much of rural life is already subsidized. No problems with that.
Mass transit uses hydrogen fuel cells in some cities, so this is feasible if we adopt hydrogen fuel cells nationwide