Red
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I regard climate change, global warming, and mankind's contribution to both, as perhaps the biggest problem facing humanity. But, although I can say that and believe it to be the case, indeed to such a degree that I can regard Trump's attitude to these problems, with his advocacy of coal and other fossil fuels as something that will cause history to judge him as having committed crimes against humanity, and I do believe that, I do also have to recognize the degree to which my own life is hypocritical in not doing enough on a personal level. I cannot sweep that under the rug. I can only look in the mirror and admit I am part of the problem, not the solution.
But consider just one way in which Trump, who has much more power to effect my nation's response to the threat then I ever could, responds to wind energy. He criticizes it because he says wind turbines kill too many birds. Are you kidding me? He only says that because he favors fossil fuels, and his appointment of Pruitt to the EPA, and Zinke to Interior, is proof of that. Yes, Pruitt is gone, but his replacement is no better. Trump would abolish the EPA all together if he could simply get away with it.
Trump effects my country's response to the problem through lies, through abolishing all of Obama's efforts to respond to climate change, in part because he hates Obama and wants to completely erase any and all legacies attributed to Obama, and by taking the ostrich approach to climate change. This is absurd, and, from my perspective, is the number one reason Trump must be voted out of office in 2020. Yes, I am an extremist in that respect. Because I regard Trump as an enemy of mankind and an enemy of life on Earth. Period. And I do believe History will so judge the man. He is an enemy of life on our planet.
But consider just one way in which Trump, who has much more power to effect my nation's response to the threat then I ever could, responds to wind energy. He criticizes it because he says wind turbines kill too many birds. Are you kidding me? He only says that because he favors fossil fuels, and his appointment of Pruitt to the EPA, and Zinke to Interior, is proof of that. Yes, Pruitt is gone, but his replacement is no better. Trump would abolish the EPA all together if he could simply get away with it.
Trump effects my country's response to the problem through lies, through abolishing all of Obama's efforts to respond to climate change, in part because he hates Obama and wants to completely erase any and all legacies attributed to Obama, and by taking the ostrich approach to climate change. This is absurd, and, from my perspective, is the number one reason Trump must be voted out of office in 2020. Yes, I am an extremist in that respect. Because I regard Trump as an enemy of mankind and an enemy of life on Earth. Period. And I do believe History will so judge the man. He is an enemy of life on our planet.