The problem is the cognitive dissonance. They may not like the new reality but ignoring it is not going to stop it happening. Both allowing climate change to happen and preventing it will change the system they want to preserve. It’s basically like screaming into a hurricane.
The reality is they have very little control over this even if they do change the US position on it. All they will really do is cause harm to the US and slow progress but they can’t turn back the clock.
Much of the rest of the world is continuing on and the big basic shifts in renewable energy are happening anyway. Instead of the US leading this technology China and Europe are leading.
And other countries are leading the way on other technologies that will change the current order. Vertical hydroponic farms for example should produce good quality food, year round, and on or near cities, regardless of actual land quality. The US does not seem to be leading on this technology, and the US conservatives are in the pocket of the old subsidised farming industry.
The EV industry is become dominated by cheap Chinese products, thanks to a broken US car industry, EVs are reaching the point where they are cheaper to buy and run than petrol cars - we’re at the tipping point and the US rights solution is tariffs instead of trying to compete and accept reality. They’re handing the industry to China and maybe Europe of it gets it’s act together.
The US right is no longer in the hands of rational politicians but instead in the hands of idealogues. They will definitely reek damage on the US, it’s economy and it’s institutions but they can’t change reality.
Trump isn’t as horrifying to the rest of the world as people might think. He’s an opportunity for Europe, China and other economies to take a lead on the technologies that really matter for the future while the US drops the ball and is distracted by yet more infighting led by the Christian right.
Yeah I think this is a reasonable take.
The problem is the cognitive dissonance. They may not like the new reality but ignoring it is not going to stop it happening. Both allowing climate change to happen and preventing it will change the system they want to preserve. It’s basically like screaming into a hurricane.
The reality is they have very little control over this even if they do change the US position on it. All they will really do is cause harm to the US and slow progress but they can’t turn back the clock.
Much of the rest of the world is continuing on and the big basic shifts in renewable energy are happening anyway. Instead of the US leading this technology China and Europe are leading.
And other countries are leading the way on other technologies that will change the current order. Vertical hydroponic farms for example should produce good quality food, year round, and on or near cities, regardless of actual land quality. The US does not seem to be leading on this technology, and the US conservatives are in the pocket of the old subsidised farming industry.
The EV industry is become dominated by cheap Chinese products, thanks to a broken US car industry, EVs are reaching the point where they are cheaper to buy and run than petrol cars - we’re at the tipping point and the US rights solution is tariffs instead of trying to compete and accept reality. They’re handing the industry to China and maybe Europe of it gets it’s act together.
The US right is no longer in the hands of rational politicians but instead in the hands of idealogues. They will definitely reek damage on the US, it’s economy and it’s institutions but they can’t change reality.
Trump isn’t as horrifying to the rest of the world as people might think. He’s an opportunity for Europe, China and other economies to take a lead on the technologies that really matter for the future while the US drops the ball and is distracted by yet more infighting led by the Christian right.