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Re:The War Economy by ZeroGravitas on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:01PM (#32112148)
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.

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Re:The War Economy by RgueNkeScientst on Friday July 15, 2022 @08:04PM (#32114043)
> 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?

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Re:The War Economy by ZeroGravitas on Sunday July 17, 2022 @08:15AM (#32126134)
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.

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