entice producers in other countries to step in, as many did in the months after Russia’s invasion.
Basically, even if the US alone dropped to zero, expect global production to boom as other places chip in to fill the gap.
Going green at home is a good goal, but what makes climate change so hard to solve is that we have to go green globally, or one bad actor (say for example, Russia) could ruin the party for everyone, so to speak.
I usually hate graphs that dont start the y at zero, and it would be better if it did, but here’s the first I found
https://www.vox.com/climate/24098983/biden-oil-production-climate-fossil-fuel-renewables
It skyrocketed under trump, and then again under Biden.
But like, you’re acting like this is just some personal grip I have…
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/OIL/lgpdngrgkpo/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/us-producing-more-oil-climate-change/676893/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-u-s-oil-production-reached-an-all-time-high-in-2023
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/kamala-harris/fact-checking-kamala-harris-on-energy-production-i/
But I think setting a new record for high temps year after year after year is a good analogy.
Does it suck that it’s still happening?
Yes.
But that sure as fuck doesn’t mean a 10 degree increase is the same as a 0.1 degree increase in average temps over the span of a year.
Like. How can you act that magnitude isn’t important at all?
Ah, this is a good point. From The Atlantic,
Basically, even if the US alone dropped to zero, expect global production to boom as other places chip in to fill the gap.
Going green at home is a good goal, but what makes climate change so hard to solve is that we have to go green globally, or one bad actor (say for example, Russia) could ruin the party for everyone, so to speak.