seems like we only have ~10 years to deal with climate change. also seems like joe biden is gonna get the nom. What the fuck do we do in these next few years given that the dems are not remotely interested in dealing with climate change in any real way?
I’m sorry but imagine thinking that even if Bernie had won anything remotely resembling his vision for a green new deal would’ve made it through congress. I’m not trying to be cynical, but we need to recognize the reality we live in and act accordingly.
The most Bernie could’ve realistically done on his own as president is ban new fossil fuel projects on american soil, all this would do is increase the price of oil and would result in more of these sorts of projects happening in Canada instead of the US. From a sort of real politik view, the only way to meaningfully address climate change is to make it so that renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels.
Now, how can leftists make renewables cheaper in comparison, they can do forms of direct action that do make the price of oil go up. Things like pipeline protests are far from useless actions. It’s time to ramp up on that sort of thing.
