All references to climate change have been deleted from the White House website...

That said, he is unlikely to push climate change one way or another globally. With how cheap wand and solar has gotten coal is on the way out and would take significant subsides to become competitive.

  he is unlikely to push climate change one way or another

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/15/trump-ca...

  For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy
  industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary
  policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule.
  Lifting these restrictions will greatly help American workers, increasing wages
  by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years.

So I think it would be a mistake to dismiss it as pure conjecture considering that it has been partly validated by events. It would be quite easy to file a FOIA request to find out whether there were requests for ground-based hardware. Trump is already on record expressing a desire for military parades: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/trump-to-hold-military...

To me, the problem is less that Trump claims to believe climate change is a Chinese hoax, and more that such insane claims are what got him elected, because they seem refreshingly honest to so many Americans.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/23/ratifiyi...

There is no wisdom in trying to be neutral. There is no smartness and tolerance in trying to protect and tolerate things that are by themselves intolerant and harmful.

He's likely to push climate change one way -- that is, in the direction of reinforcing the current trend. He's may be unlikely to push substantive policy responses to climate change, but that's a different issue.

EDIT: But even after two cadencies it would probably not be close to it.

Perhaps I am still dreaming that he will do an about face and actually be a good president. Regardless of who is president we can still dream, can't we?

Other forms of energy have been undercutting it since thermal steam rigs started working in North African farms. Probably longer when you consider the history of wind power.

If Natural Gas wasn't so arduous to obtain, a carbon liberator, and damaging to the water table to obtain, I suspect we'd be more excited about it.

We really need to work out practices where we actively remove carbon from the air.

   (as of today)