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Uncle Joe

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11. I couldn't agree more, it definitely needs to be a global effort,

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #9)

Fri May 10, 2024, 05:15 PM

May 10

but we can't base what we know to be the right course of action for our children and grand children's sake based on what China or India or anyone else does or doesn't do.

We were doing this for decades if not a century or more before and China and India joined the Industrial Revolution and we knew the consequences at least as far back as 1958.

So we can keep using excuses or diversions as to why we shouldn't change, (all the other kids aren't doing it or are doing it) but that's all it is, excuses to salve our conscious while the world burns and our grandchildren inherit the wind.

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Trump is Willing to Trade Our Children's Future for a Billion Dollars [View all] Uncle Joe May 10 OP

Trump is willing to burn down the country and the planet Irish_Dem May 10 #1

A billion bdamomma May 10 #17

The billionaires believe they will be immune from any calamity. Irish_Dem May 10 #18

Yeah, a billion dollars for himself!! ./nt bucolic_frolic May 10 #2

The title to your OP should be an ad senseandsensibility May 10 #3

He'd do it for a lot less. Bristlecone May 10 #4

He would trade our children's futures for a nickel. 3catwoman3 May 10 #5

He's not trading it away NanaCat May 10 #6

Our children's future is lost regardless Kaleva May 10 #7

If they are lost, I would much rather it be because Uncle Joe May 10 #8

I'm just pointing out that the US alone can't mitigat climate change Kaleva May 10 #9

I couldn't agree more, it definitely needs to be a global effort, Uncle Joe May 10 #11

Change isn't going to prevent catastrophic climate change Kaleva May 10 #15

Change will absolutely help avert the worst effects of climate change. Uncle Joe May 10 #16

He ain't gonna get it. Johnny2X2X May 10 #10

Yup, no surprise here. republianmushroom May 10 #12

Apparently the corporate media believes the same thing. Has anyone seen CNN or MSNBC cover this story yet? n/t Uncle Joe May 10 #13

The US is already pumping all-time record amounts of oil and gas now NickB79 May 10 #14

"Some men just want to watch the world burn." - Alfred E. Pennyworth Initech May 10 #19