The War Economy

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Americans don't want to fight climate change, their two top priorities are the strengthening the economy and reducing health care costs.

Lets hope they never find out that cheap renewables and EVs replacing fossil fuels will save them literal billions in both energy and health spending. Wouldn't they feel foolish.

> Lets hope they never find out that cheap renewables and EVs replacing fossil fuels will save them literal billions in both energy and health spending. Wouldn't they feel foolish.

Would you mind elaborating on this a bit?

https://carbontracker.org/reports/no-country-for-coal-gen-be...

Goes into depth on how using coal is costing Americans money and affecting their health, which costs them more money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Report_from_Iron_Mountain

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