The United States: Okay we're going to give somebody a lot of money, institute draconian policies that will place many of our citizens in energy poverty while killing economic growth. Even though we don't have the faintest of clues if what we do is going to accomplish anything at all. Oh, and through this process we're going to pump a whole bunch of money into the pockets of a very small handful of new energy oligarchs who are politically connected.
Other noted G7 and developing countries: Okay, sounds great Obama err the United States. Okay, we promise to take these ideas under consideration. We promise to show up at conferences to tell everyone how strongly we are considering making changes. We'll then talk about some long term goals, show some really great power points and then go home and basically do nothing. We'll assign some politicians to some committees and they'll meet (at some really nice hotels and resorts) to talk about things. Oh, but keeping pumping that cash in there United States.
Barrack: Sounds like a great deal!
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Considering the alternative this actually sounds like a lot of progress and a great framework to build from when ignoring your over-the-top exaggerations ("energy poverty", "kill economic growth", climate change denialism, etc).
LOL, there is no framework for anything here at all. It's one country committing that they'll kinda sorta try and do something, then apologize for all of their old "sins" with money. While the other huge polluters in the world say they're gonna think about it and get back to us. I mean moving the entire world towards greater sustainability, clean alternative energy sources, reduced emissions is going to be a pretty hard, messy, and definitely not perfect at first, transition. But just like with healthcare or wall street reform, because of how large, powerful, and entrenched the status quo is, incremental progress is easier and better than doing nothing at all or doubling down on failed policies.
That's a lot of gibberish to say that the government needs to let the free market system act to fix the so called "problem" of which, again, we cannot even adequately assess, define, study or even determine the specific causation of the problem because the systems in play are so vast and complex. To say otherwise is just nonsense. Oh and the free market system doesn't mean the cleptocracy of chosen ones that I'll address here in a moment. Google: Nearly every piece of Google logo'd or licensed gear is manufactured in countries which will likely adhere to nothing in regards to the PA (it's really a treaty that should have been ratified by Congress). Their entire movement into transportation and other areas is clearly motivated by profit and they are lobbying for a policy which will increase their profit the most based on their business model. There's not an ounce of altruism in what they're doing, and they're going to farm being one of the chosen ones for as long as they can (can't blame them).
Apple:
Apple is one of the biggest polluters in the world, offshoring nearly every facet of their manufacturing to countries who are on the "we'll think about it list". To use their name is laughable, but you can suggest that they are clearly motivated by margin and profit.
GE:
GE has 10 factories in India (just one example), clearly one of the "we'll think about it and get back to you". GE will keep enough domestic manufacturing to not make too many people mad but will continue to ramp up production in non-adhering countries.
Tesla:
150 Mayors, the Vatican, the rest of the planet, and most americans are all on the same page in what this was, that being a first step forward, cooperation and compromise together. But no, not to the GOP and Trump... to them itt was a "bad deal" (not for the rest of us but for their oil gas extraction buddies).
LOL, way to paint with the broadest of brushes. Silver-lining in this all is that Trump is becoming the villain that everyone can rally against. It's almost as if he watched the classic oscar Willis film Unbreakable and thought to himself, "I have to be as bad a president as I possibly can be so that the best heros will emerge to take me down". I'm an optimist in that I still have hope in humanity. Trump, the GOP, Putin, Alex Jones, David Duke, Dax, KSU-W, Reno, FSD, Emo, etc... they all are pessimists that want to regress society (and the world) back to barbaric tribalism. It's the only way they feel they will maintain their "superiority" to young people, LGBT, women, muslims, europeans, asians, jews, moderates, the pope, liberals, progressives, uppity blacks, regular everyday americans, etc...
That's one of the biggest bags of gibberish I've ever read on this board, but not at all unexpected from you. It's really sad we will have to endure the consequences of their intellectually and philosophically corrupt and bankrupt decisions for decades to come.
People who think will never acknowledge or accept that the "science is settled" on anything relative to a system as complex as Earth's climate. You simply parrot and regurgitate nonsensical talking points. Cam, I give your OP:
