12-28-2019, 01:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-28-2019, 01:39 AM by Eric the Green.)
(12-28-2019, 01:06 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-27-2019, 04:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I see no reason to think the Left is not genuinely concerned about the environment and climate change.
Obviously you weren't watching when leftist Washington State voted down a carbon tax last year. Meanwhile, all the "solutions" to which the left gives lip service are counterproductive, like the Paris Accord which caused Germany to junk its nuclear plants for coal plants.
Surprise surprise, I don't buy your hasty conclusions, which are natural for a conservative to make. Germany gave up nuclear power because of Fukushima. The Paris Accord had nothing to do with nuclear power, and may even recommend it.
Washington state voted down a carbon tax, and yes that was not the right vote regarding concern over climate change. But voters in all states of the USA are not always Left, and not always "right" either; they are fickle and easily confused. They are Americans, after all; Americans like Classic Xer claims we are. Meanwhile however, they elected climate change fighter Jay Inslee as governor, and the state is doing many of the right things. It is always among the group of blue states that restrict gas mileage, increase energy efficiency and join together to support the Paris Accords and the changes it mandates. And I don't think it has given up nuclear power. Citing one example of behavior is not to define a trend.
https://www.governor.wa.gov/issues/issue...nvironment