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2. Biden is a piece of poo poo who should never have been allowed anywhere near the levers of power, and Harris isn't really any better (though for different reasons than Biden). I'm loving terrified of what's coming in 2024 after four years of a Dem administration which does nothing to address people's material needs during a pandemic and a massive recession while the rich just keep getting richer, after four years of And then in 2024, we'll see massive GOP pickups, and possibly a Republican win the presidency. If that happens, we probably won't get lucky enough for them to be a total moron like Trump was, but rather get a competent one instead. A fascist president is not an aberration, but rather a natural result of the conditions that Biden is explicitly telling people he wants to return to. People are getting hosed every which way and they want relief, or if they can't have that, they want somebody who'll make everybody else a little worse off so they can look down on somebody. Guess what a fascist's gonna offer them. The only reason I'm going with a 2 and not a 1 is because I get to laugh at chuds losing what's left of their minds over this result.
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Pick posted:As for climate though, These are vague as poo poo and promise nothing. quote:Require limits on methane pollution for oil and gas operations. What limits? Infinity minus one tons of methane per year? quote:Use the federal government procurement system to work towards 100% clean energy and zero-emissions vehicles. By when? 2530? With what milestone targets along the way? quote:Ensure US government buildings and facilities are more efficient and climate-ready. "More efficient"? Congrats, we're using one watt fewer per year. Mission accomplished. And what does "climate-ready" even mean? quote:Implement the already-existing Clean Air Act, Low-hanging fruit, but OK. quote:and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation To what? By when? With what milestones along the way? quote:by developing new fuel economy standards to ensure all new sales for light- and medium-duty vehicles will be electrified, What is the specific goal for the standards to result in? When will they be implemented? What's a light-duty vehicle vs. a medium-duty vehicle vs. a heavy-duty vehicle in this context? quote:and annual improvements for heavy duty vehicles. Improvements, how? For how long? What's a heavy duty vehicle here? And why only those? quote:Double down on liquid fuels like advanced biofuels and make agriculture a key part of the solution to the climate crisis. Feel-good crap with no specific actions or methods of how any of this will be accomplished. quote:Reduce emissions and cut consumer costs To what? quote:through new standards for appliance and building efficiency. Which appliances? Which buildings? What about the shitload of existing buildings out there? What are the targets here? quote:Require federal permit decisions to consider effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, Just consider, huh? "Yep, looks like greenhouse gasses are gonna skyrocket here. Approved." quote:and ensure every federal infrastructure investment reduces climate pollution. Reduces in what way? What are the targets? How will it not just be, "We're gonna put a shitload of CO2 into the air, but these roads will have the potential to carry more electric vehicles, so it all balances out in the end." quote:Require public companies to disclose climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions in their operations and supply chains. Not a bad thing in and of itself, but pointless unless there's further action taken. Also, "climate risks" is very vague, and how will they be required to disclose them? Whey wouldn't they just bury them on their web site so nobody can find them? quote:Protect biodiversity, slow extinction rates and conserve 30% of America's lands and waters by 2030. HOLY poo poo AN ACTUAL TARGET AND A DATE. IT'S A loving MIRACLE . . . which is still too loving vague. What does it mean to "conserve" these lands, in this context? And why wouldn't the next GOP administration just stop the process, if it's gonna take until 2030? "Protect biodiversity" is also meaningless without further info, as is "slow extinction rates". quote:Permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, How? From what? quote:establish national parks and monuments, This is a good thing, but where, how many, and when? quote:ban new oil and gas permits on public lands and waters, What about the existing ones? Why not find a way to cancel those? quote:modify royalties to account for climate costs . . . what? How the gently caress is that even supposed to work? Who gets to decide what the climate costs are, and how they're offset? quote:and creating programs to enhance reforestation Enhance, how? Where? By how much? When? quote:and develop renewable energy on federal lands and waters to double offshore wind by 2030. Again, why wouldn't the next GOP president just nuke the initiative? The only things here with any level of specificity leave the door open for doing nothing for four years because it's a ten-year plan, and can be looked at later. I want to know what, specifically, Biden is going to do in the first month, first quarter, first year, etc. He's had decades of failed runs to work on his plan of what to do as president, so what, specifically, is it? And, what are actual measures of success or failure within a four year term that can be directly tested against?
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