What Biden has done is to cut the issuance of drilling leases to the minimum required by law, pass the Inflation Reduction Act, enact a regulation to force vehicle electrification, and similarly force fossil fuels out of most power plants.

What Biden has not done: stop issuing drilling permits or impose export restrictions on fossil fuels. The former has some serious limits because of how the courts treat the right to drill as a property right once you hold a drilling lease, and the latter is simply untested.

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    I love the driving off the cliff comparison! My goal is to try to crash into the side of the mountain at a survivable speed.

    I’m optimistic because I have to be. I’m a parent, so I feel it is my responsibility to do what I can so that my kids can have a future. They were born pre-trump. In today’s environment, I would probably be child free.

    Here is some good news. Chick-fil-A. Chicken production emits about 1/3 of the GHG than beef. I am well aware of their politics. They could have those politics AND serve mostly beef.

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      My goal is to try to crash into the side of the mountain at a survivable speed.

      finally a metaphor that realistically responds to the crisis.

      I want to find optimism. I have a teenager. I want them to have a better quality of life, but everything I’m reading and seeing points in the opposite direction and on a very short timeline. I hope I’m wrong. Genuinely.