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Originally Posted by redpoint5
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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* You're mistaking the 'Chicago School of Economics brand of wealth' for 'wealth'.
The fatal mistake which is going to cause our extinction.
* I agree about Red CO2 and Blue CO2 completely.
* There never existed 'free markets.' It's a myth.
* POTUS is going to guarantee we destroy any remnants we might have had.
* 'Rules' appear to be as fickle as political winds.
* Ditto for enforcement.
* I don't normally associate sociopaths with 'trust'.
* Facts seem to support the notion that economies spend fossil-fuels to achieve their standard of killing.
* What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his planet?