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Old 01-21-2025, 01:10 PM   #1749 (permalink)
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Pretty poetic, since it appears to be the 'Red' voter's lifestyles (deathstyles ? ) who are accelerating the climate change
CO2 emissions are a function of wealth, and as far as I know, there isn't a difference in the wealth of Red vs Blue teams. Wealth is a function of free markets (capitalism) with rule enforcement and high trust. Wealthy economies spend fossil fuels to achieve their standard of living.

There is no difference between economic well-being and fossil fuel consumption, and there are zero examples of countries that have decoupled that relationship.

I expect that relationship to decouple at some future date, but this isn't the future.
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