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it's like turning an aircraft carrier and it's hard to extrapolate from the small shifts in trajectory to the big future results, but the progress is real
I see a lot of "well why aren't emissions dropping faster" and other such complaints, I think it's genuinely very difficult to accept that there's any good news on the climate front for a lot of people after so many years of bad news
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it's always important to demand better, but part of the reason that the story of climate policy isn't sticking is partly because bad news feels more plausible and partly because the people most invested in this policy understand its limits. www.notus.org/biden-2024/v... hard to sell "mixed-positive"
Biden’s Record Is Full of Climate Wins — So Why Don’t Voters Know It?www.notus.org Environmental groups are making a concerted effort to educate voters about President Joe Biden’s climate policies ahead of the election.
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This is why *trajectory* is important. Emissions today are based on decisions made a long time ago, and if we want lower emissions in the longer term, that means making different decisions now. The positive policy changes in energy aren’t throwing a big switch, they’re setting a future pathway
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I understand and appreciate the logic but I just fear it didn't come soon enough. I'm certainly no analyst, maybe I'm too pessimistic here, but it's understandable Biden's wins aren't getting the hoopla when our feeds are full of heat waves, wildfires, floods, melting ice caps and other disruptions.
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just think it’s important to note that it’s never too late to do *something*. we can’t unfuck the past but the dire situation now means we should do everything we can to unfuck the future, accounting for the damage that’s been done but preventing more. that matters, and “it’s too late” undermines it
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