I think all the US can do is get left behind while the rest of the world moves on to alternative energy sources.
And we'll have Trump and the fossil fuel pimps who have bribed him to thank for that.
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I think all the US can do is get left behind while the rest of the world moves on to alternative energy sources.
And we'll have Trump and the fossil fuel pimps who have bribed him to thank for that.
(not) Soon enough he will be dead and then we will see. I do hope you're wrong, and the US will have the chance do better soon. There's a handful of geriatrics with no future burning things down to finance their comfortable senescence. They're not immune to the fun new diseases and unrest spawned by their greed, no matter how much they like to think they are.
It's not a mistake, it's a deliberate crime.
I mean, I like to look on the bright side, but look at how many countries followed the very obviously bad US model of urban planning.