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The US has been on a strong downward trend for CO2 output per capita for decades now [1]. The IRA is expected to significantly accelerate this trajectory, although it's unclear how much of that will now come to pass.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon...

Im excited too, I also hope they stop with the EV mandates in various states by removing their ability to override the EPA.

It does, thank goodness. Otherwise it would come from Saudi and other despots. We should be producing as much as we can in the US to quit funding horrible regimes.

There is the short term reality that we are dependent on gas and oil and, decreasingly, coal. The difference between the two parties is the long term vision.

Dems want to have international treaties to address the problem and are willing to spend money to move away from fossil fuels. Republicans downplay the science (or outright deny it) and think international treaties make the US less independent and therefore weaker, and they would much rather cut taxes for Elon Musk than spend money on energy infrastructure.