I honestly think that just the damage that’s been done to climate change initiatives might be enough. We had a ton of steam going in to 2025, and this year has set us back by decades. I’m afraid that having such a prominent producer of GHG and pollution pull away so sharply will have knock on effects to other countries. After all, if the US doesn’t play ball, why should a smaller industrial country try to be cleaner?
Hopefully there’s still willpower and (more importantly) time to fix our shit before people start dying en masse. I kind of have my doubts at this point though. I’m pretty sure we will only start to truly prioritize it once it has a large impact on daily life, and that point will be far too late.
I honestly think that just the damage that’s been done to climate change initiatives might be enough. We had a ton of steam going in to 2025, and this year has set us back by decades. I’m afraid that having such a prominent producer of GHG and pollution pull away so sharply will have knock on effects to other countries. After all, if the US doesn’t play ball, why should a smaller industrial country try to be cleaner?
Hopefully there’s still willpower and (more importantly) time to fix our shit before people start dying en masse. I kind of have my doubts at this point though. I’m pretty sure we will only start to truly prioritize it once it has a large impact on daily life, and that point will be far too late.