What exactly is in this $500B of "climate measures" that was worth sacrificing paid maternity and medical leave? Because as far and I can tell its all fucking tax credits for buying shit like cars and solar panels, which is the equivalent of putting a band aid over arterial spray.
$320 billion in expanded tax credits for utility-scale and residential clean energy, transmission and storage, clean vehicles (passenger/commercial), and clean energy manufacturing. I imagine a lot of this is subsidizing the building and installing of solar and wind power and stuff, as well as electric cars, buses, trains, etc.
$105 billion in climate resiliency, stuff like improving forestry/wetlands/agri and protecting at-risk areas from climate disasters. The Civilian Climate Corps also fits in here. Might also include retrofitting buildings? Basically protecting from the incoming effects of climate change.
$110 billion in incentives for clean energy technology like solar, batteries, advanced materials, as well as steel/cement/aluminum. I imagine most of this will be scientific research grants.
$20 billion in clean energy procurement, letting the government buy clean energy tech like long-duration energy storage, reactors, and clean construction stuff. If the government wants to build clean shit it's gonna need equipment to do so.
$105 billion in climate resiliency, stuff like improving forestry/wetlands/agri and protecting at-risk areas from climate disasters. The Civilian Climate Corps also fits in here. Might also include retrofitting buildings? Basically protecting from the incoming effects of climate change.
Overwhelmingly the best part of this package. I doubt average people will ever become aware and make use of the consumer tax credits and the research subsidies are just handouts to big business and universities. But neither of those will remotely address the problem of fucking emissions which is fundamentally connected to both production and consumption.
Those are mostly actually good things and all need about 10x as much funding as is in that plan (And the idea they’ll get even that amount of funding is a joke)
It’s so maddening. We’ll drag our feet and do the bare minimum until it’s too late and I know I’m not saying anything new here, but I just can’t get over it. We’re supposed to be the smartest species, we went to the moon, Mack! And yet we’re just going to sleepwalk to our extinction out of laziness, convenience, and greed. How do you not lose your faith in a better future when we show again and again that we will sacrifice anything and everything for personal gain and short term reward. I don’t see a way out
What exactly is in this $500B of "climate measures" that was worth sacrificing paid maternity and medical leave? Because as far and I can tell its all fucking tax credits for buying shit like cars and solar panels, which is the equivalent of putting a band aid over arterial spray.
Actual answer is:
$320 billion in expanded tax credits for utility-scale and residential clean energy, transmission and storage, clean vehicles (passenger/commercial), and clean energy manufacturing. I imagine a lot of this is subsidizing the building and installing of solar and wind power and stuff, as well as electric cars, buses, trains, etc.
$105 billion in climate resiliency, stuff like improving forestry/wetlands/agri and protecting at-risk areas from climate disasters. The Civilian Climate Corps also fits in here. Might also include retrofitting buildings? Basically protecting from the incoming effects of climate change.
$110 billion in incentives for clean energy technology like solar, batteries, advanced materials, as well as steel/cement/aluminum. I imagine most of this will be scientific research grants.
$20 billion in clean energy procurement, letting the government buy clean energy tech like long-duration energy storage, reactors, and clean construction stuff. If the government wants to build clean shit it's gonna need equipment to do so.
Overwhelmingly the best part of this package. I doubt average people will ever become aware and make use of the consumer tax credits and the research subsidies are just handouts to big business and universities. But neither of those will remotely address the problem of fucking emissions which is fundamentally connected to both production and consumption.
Those are mostly actually good things and all need about 10x as much funding as is in that plan (And the idea they’ll get even that amount of funding is a joke)
It’s so maddening. We’ll drag our feet and do the bare minimum until it’s too late and I know I’m not saying anything new here, but I just can’t get over it. We’re supposed to be the smartest species, we went to the moon, Mack! And yet we’re just going to sleepwalk to our extinction out of laziness, convenience, and greed. How do you not lose your faith in a better future when we show again and again that we will sacrifice anything and everything for personal gain and short term reward. I don’t see a way out
$500B in Tesla subsidies
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