Are American's divided about Biden's climate change policies?
- snitzoid
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min read
Really interesting study on how Americans feel about energy policy. Click link. Some takeaways:
A very partisan issue. Repubs lean in favor of fossil fuel, Dems in favor of Green energy.
Folks in Western states are experiencing high historical temps/drought and therefore especially concerned about global warming.
In the face of this rising gasoline prices are changing the calculous in real time. People support Going Green to a point, until it impacts their standard of living. Putin has also put a political spin on energy independence that wasn't there previously.
A pivot towards Nuclear power is likely in many place globally.
Finally, while Americans may be enamored with EV cars (myself included), they have almost no discernible impact on global warming. Ergo, cars make up only about 13% of total emissions and producing them isn't without its own set of pollutants. It takes 3-5 years of EV car operation to reach crossover and burn off that impact.
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